Potamotrygon ucayalensis Adnet et al. 2014 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Potamotrygonidae

Full reference: S. Adnet, R. S. Gismondi, and P.-O. Antoine. 2014. Comparisons of dental morphology in river stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) with new fossils from the middle Eocene of Peruvian Amazonia rekindle debate on their evolution. Naturwissenschaften 101(1):33-45

Belongs to Potamotrygon according to S. Adnet et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUSM 2263, a tooth. Its type locality is CTA-27, which is in a Priabonian/Rupelian terrestrial claystone in the Pozo Formation of Peru.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)

• Eocene of Peru (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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