Oromobula dakhlaensis Adnet et al. 2012 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Mobulidae

Full reference: S. Adnet, H. Cappetta, G. Guinot and G. Notarbartolo Sciara. 2012. Evolutionary history of the devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) from fossil and morphological inference. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166:132-159

Belongs to Oromobula according to S. Adnet et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: University of Montpellier DAK 2B-5, a tooth

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at El Argoub, south B2 (Eocene of Western Sahara)

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