Ataktobatis variabilis Cappetta and Corral 1999 (guitarfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Full reference: H. Cappetta and J. C. Corral. 1999. Upper Maastrichtian selachians from the Condado de Treviño (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula). Estudios del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava 14(núm.esp. 1):339-372

Belongs to Ataktobatis according to H. Cappetta and J. C. Corral 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCNA 8267, a tooth. Its type locality is Albaina-Laño quarry, which is in a Maastrichtian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal grainstone in the Torme Formation of Spain.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Albaina-Laño quarry

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