†Plinthicus kruibekensis Bor 1990 (stingray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Mobulidae
Full reference: T. J. Bor. 1990. A new species of mobulid ray (Elasmobranchii, Mobulidae) from the Oligocene of Belgium. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 27:93-97
Belongs to Plinthicus according to S. Adnet et al. 2012
See also Bor 1990
Sister taxon: Plinthicus stenodon
Type specimen: RGM 177 500, a tooth. Its type locality is Gralex clay pit, Kruibeke (bed 56), which is in a Rupelian marine siltstone in the Boom Clay Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gralex clay pit, Kruibeke (bed 56)
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