Texabatis Case and Cappetta 1997 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Full reference: G. R. Case and H. Cappetta. 1997. A new selachian fauna from the Late Maastrichtian of Texas (Upper Cretaceous/Navarroan; Kemp Formation). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie 34:131-189

Parent taxon: Myliobatiformes according to G. R. Case and H. Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Acanthobatis, Bates, Casierabatis, Ceratopteridae, Dasyatoidea, Dasyatoidei, Eomobula, Hypolophodon, Mobuloidea, Myliobatoidea, Myliobatoidei, Phosphatodon, Platyrhinoidei, Ptychacanthus

Subtaxa: Texabatis corrugata

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Type: Texabatis corrugata

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at South Sulphur River, Commerce (Cretaceous of Texas)

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