Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Full reference: S. Adnet. 2006. Nouvelle faunes de sélaciens (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) de l'Eocène moyen des Landes (Sud-Ouest, France). Implication dans la connaissance des communautés de sélaciens d'eau profondes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 10:1-128
Belongs to Raja according to S. Adnet 2006
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Raja amphitrita, Raja antiqua, Raja batis, Raja cecilae, Raja clavata, Raja davisi, Raja farishi, Raja gentili, Raja harrisae, Raja holsatica, Raja louisi, Raja manitaria, Raja mccollumi, Raja michauxi, Raja olisiponensis, Raja praeclavata, Raja primarmata, Raja rugosa, Raja similis, Raja sudhakari, Raja texana, Raja thiedei
Type specimen: ANG160, a tooth. Its type locality is Miretrain quarry, level 0, Angoumé, which is in a Lutetian slope marl in the Marnes de Miretrain Formation of France.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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