Urolophus halleri Cooper 1863 (Haller's round ray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Urolophidae
Belongs to Urolophus according to J. E. Fitch 1970
See also Jordan and Gilbert 1919 and Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Sister taxa: Urolophus crassicauda, Urolophus cruciata, Urolophus princeps
Type specimen: Its type locality is San Pedro, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in California
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (6: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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