Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood, S. F. Michell, and K. J. Veltkamp. 1999. Shark and Ray teeth from the Hauterivian (Lower Cretaceous) of north-east England. Palaeontology 42(2):287-302
Belongs to Spathobatis according to C. J. Underwood et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Spathobatis bugesiacus, Spathobatis delsatei, Spathobatis halteri, Spathobatis moorbergensis, Spathobatis mutterlosei, Spathobatis uppensis, Spathobatis werneri
Type specimen: LIVCM 1998.48.L, a tooth. Its type locality is Bed C7H, Speeton,, which is in a Hauterivian transition zone/lower shoreface claystone in the Speeton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bed C7H, Speeton,
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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