†Cretaplatyrhinoidis ornatus Guinot et al. 2012 (stingray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Platyrhinidae
Full reference: G. Guinot, H. Cappetta, C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2012. Batoids (Elasmobranchii: Batomorphii) from the British and French Late Cretaceous. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10:445-474
Belongs to Cretaplatyrhinoidis according to G. Guinot et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: University of Montpellier MAO2-2, a tooth. Its type locality is Mont-Août, upper horizon (MAO2), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in France.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (5 collections), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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