†Walteraja exigua Siverson and Cappetta 2001 (skate)
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Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Full reference: M. Siverson and H. Cappetta. 2001. A skate in the lowermost Maastrichtian of southern Sweden. Palaeontology 44:431-445
Belongs to Walteraja according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Siverson and Cappetta 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LO 6957 T, a tooth. Its type locality is Sample S90-4-1-MS, Balsvík quarry, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in Sweden.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Sweden (3 collections), United States (1: North Dakota)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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