Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Full reference: S. Adnet, L. Marivaux, H. Cappetta, A.-L. Charruault, E. M. Essid, S. Jiquel, H. K. Ammar, B. Marandat, W. Marzougui, G. Merzeraud, R. Temani, M. Vianey-Liaud, and R. Tabuce. 2020. Diversity and renewal of tropical elasmobranchs around the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) in North Africa: New data from the lagoonal deposits of Djebel el Kébar, Central Tunisia. Palaeontologia Electronica 23(2):a38

Belongs to Coupatezia according to S. Adnet et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Coupatezia ambroggii, Coupatezia attiai, Coupatezia boujoi, Coupatezia chariri, Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia elevata, Coupatezia fallax, Coupatezia laevis, Coupatezia larivei, Coupatezia melittiana, Coupatezia miretrainensis, Coupatezia reniformis, Coupatezia trempina, Coupatezia turneri, Coupatezia woutersi

Type specimen: KEB 1-205. Its type locality is KEB-1, Djebel el Kébar, which is in a Bartonian lagoonal mudstone/sandstone in Tunisia.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at KEB-1, Djebel el Kébar

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.