Heterotorpedo brahimi 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 Heterotorpedo according to S. Boulemia and S. Adnet 2023

See also Noubhani and Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Heterotorpedo fowleri, Heterotorpedo lyazidii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun, recette IV, couche 2a, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marine sandstone in Morocco

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Algeria (1 collection), Morocco (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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