Igdabatis

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Igdabatis
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
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Igdabatis

Cappella, 1972
Species
  • Igdabatis indicus Prasad & Cappetta, 1993
  • Igdabatis sigmodon Cappetta, 1972
  • Igdabatis marmii Blanco, 2018

Igdabatis is a prehistoric genus of ray whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage of Spain (Figuerola and La Maçana Formations of the Fontllonga Group), the Dukamaje Formation of Niger and the Takli, Lameta, Fatehgarh and Intertrappean Beds Formations of India.[1]

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Species[edit]

Three species of Igdabatis are known from the Cretaceous of Spain, Niger, and India.

  • Igdabatis sigmodon[2]
  • Igdabatis indicus[3]
  • Igdabatis marmii[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Igdabatis Cappetta 1972 (eagle ray)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Igdabatis sigmodon Cappetta, 1972". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  3. ^ PRASAD, G. V. R., CAPPETTA, H. (1993). Late Cretaceous selachians from India and the age of the Deccan Traps. Palaeontology. pp. 231–248.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Blanco, Alejandro (2018-08-16). "Igdabatis marmii sp. nov. (Myliobatiformes) from the lower Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of north-eastern Spain: an Ibero-Armorican origin for a Gondwanan batoid". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17: 1–15. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1472673.