Mesetaraja maleficapelli Engelbrecht et al. 2018 (skate)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

Full reference: A. Engelbrecht, T. Mòˆrs, M. A. Reguero and J. Kriwet. 2018. Skates and rays (Elasmobranchii, Batomorphii) from the Eocene La Meseta and Submeseta formations, Seymour Island, Antarctica. Historical Biology 31:1028-1044

Belongs to Mesetaraja according to A. Engelbrecht et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NRM-PZ P16250, a tooth. Its type locality is IAA 2/95, Marsupial site, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at IAA 2/95, Marsupial site

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