†Cyclobatis major Davis 1887 (ray)
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Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Cyclobatidae
Full reference: J. D. Davis. 1887. The fossil fishes of the chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series II 3:457-634
Belongs to Cyclobatis according to H. Cappetta 1987
See also Cappetta 1980, Davis 1887 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Cyclobatis longicaudatus, Cyclobatis oligodactylus, Cyclobatis tuberculatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hakel (Tristram collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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