Safagaia ptychodon Cappetta 1991 (ray)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1991. Découverte de nouvelles faunes de sélaciens (Neoselachii) dans les phosphates maastrichtiens de la Mer Rouge, Egypte. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie 19:17-56

Belongs to Safagaia according to H. Cappetta 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Abu Ahmed, Safaga, which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in Egypt

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Abu Ahmed, Safaga

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