†Potobatis Cappetta and Gayet 2013 (stingray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Full reference: H. Cappetta and M. Gayet. 2013. A new elasmobranch genus (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatoidea) from the Danian of Potosí (Bolivia). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 269:285-290
Parent taxon: Dasyatoidea according to H. Cappetta and M. Gayet 2013
Sister taxa: Arechia, Coupatezia, Dasyrhombodus, Delpitia, Heterobatis, Heterotorpedo, Ishaquia, Lessiniabatis, Merabatis, Myliodasyatis, Prosopodon, Saltirius
Subtaxa: Potobatis semperei
Type: Potobatis semperei
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Palca section, 12 m below top (Paleocene of Bolivia)
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