Titanonarke megapterygia Marramà et al. 2018 (numbfish)

Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Narcinidae

Full reference: G. Marramà, K. M. Claeson, G. Carnevale, and J. Kriwet. 2018. Revision of Eocene electric rays (Torpediniformes, Batomorphii) from the Bolca Konservat- Lagerstätte, Italy, reveals the first fossil embryo in situ in marine batoids and provides new insights into the origin of trophic novelties in coral reef fishes. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(14):1189-1219

Belongs to Titanonarke according to N. Robin et al. 2019

See also Marramà et al. 2018 and Marramà et al. 2018

Sister taxon: Titanonarke molini

Type specimen: MCSNV IG.135576, a partial skeleton (nearly complete articulated skeleton in a single slab). Its type locality is Monte Postale, Monte Bolca (Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona collection), which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Postale, Monte Bolca (Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona collection)

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