Coupatezia melittiana Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Full reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327

Belongs to Coupatezia according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Imin Tanout, level P3 (IMD), which is in a Danian carbonate marl in Morocco

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Imin Tanout, level P3 (IMD)

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