Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Potamotrygonidae
Full reference: J. Chabain, P. Antoine, A. J. Altamirano-Sierra, L. Marivaux, F. Pujos, R. Salas Gismondi, and S. Adnet. 2017. Cenozoic batoids from Contamana (Peruvian Amazonia) with focus on freshwater potamotrygonins and their paleoenvironmental significance. Geobios 50:389-400
Belongs to Potamotrygon according to J. Chabain et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Potamotrygon canaanorum, Potamotrygon contamanensis, Potamotrygon ucayalensis
Type specimen: MUSM 3555, a tooth. Its type locality is CTA-43, Quebrada Cachiyacu, Contamana, which is in a Tortonian coastal horizon in the Pebas Formation of Peru.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Peru (4 collections)
• Oligocene of Peru (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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