Gymnura altavela Linnaeus 1758 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae

Alternative combination: Raja altavela

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Gymnura according to T. Reinecke 2015

See also Cappetta 1984 and Linnaeus 1758

Sister taxa: Gymnura delpiti, Gymnura grootaerti, Gymnura hovestadti, Gymnura laterialata, Gymnura micura, Gymnura transita, Pteroplatea lapislutosa

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomas Beton sandpit, Kobrow (Oligocene of Germany)

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