Potobatis Cappetta and Gayet 2013 (stingray)

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

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Type: Potobatis semperei

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Palca section, 12 m below top (Paleocene of Bolivia)

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