Spathobatis mutterlosei Thies 1983 (guitarfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Full reference: D. Thies. 1983. Jurazeitliche Neoselachier aus Deutschland und S-England (Jurassic neoselachians from German and S-England). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 58:1-116

Belongs to Spathobatis according to D. Thies 1983

Sister taxa: Spathobatis bugesiacus, Spathobatis delsatei, Spathobatis halteri, Spathobatis moorbergensis, Spathobatis rugosus, Spathobatis uppensis, Spathobatis werneri

Type specimen: SMF 7157, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Uppen, Böschung der BAB, km. 183, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine marl in Germany.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Uppen, Böschung der BAB, km. 183

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