Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1972. Les poissons crétacés et tertiaires du bassin des Iullemmeden (République du Niger). Palaeovertebrata 5:179-251
Belongs to Raja according to H. Cappetta 1987
See also Cappetta 1972
Sister taxa: Raja amphitrita, Raja antiqua, Raja batis, Raja cecilae, Raja clavata, Raja davisi, Raja farishi, Raja gentili, Raja harrisae, Raja holsatica, Raja manitaria, Raja marandati, Raja mccollumi, Raja michauxi, Raja olisiponensis, Raja praeclavata, Raja primarmata, Raja rugosa, Raja similis, Raja sudhakari, Raja texana, Raja thiedei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sessao, which is in a Thanetian marginal marine marl in Niger
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sessao
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