Synonym: Germanobatos Müller and Diedrich 1991
Full reference: O. Landemaine. 1991. Sélaciens nouveaux du Crétacé supérieur du Sud-Ouest de la France. Quelques apports à la systématique des élasmobranches. SAGA Information, Hors-Série 1:1-45
Parent taxon: Rhinobatoidei according to G. Guinot et al. 2012
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Müller and Diedrich 1991 and Underwood et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Asterodermus, Asterodermus platypterus, Ataktobatis, Protoplatyrhina, Pseudohypolophus, Pseudomyledaphus, Vascobatis
Subtaxa: Turoniabatis cappettai Turoniabatis ornatus
Type: Turoniabatis cappettai
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (7 collections), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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