Aturobatis

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Aturobatis
Temporal range: Ypresian– Priabonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Suborder: Myliobatoidei
Genus: Aturobatis
Adnet, 2006

Aturobatis is an extinct genus of Myliobatiform ray from the Eocene epoch. It contains a single described species, A. aquensis; however, the range of variation in this species is not well understood and it is unclear whether all specimens attributed to the genus are the same species. It is also unknown to which family this genus belongs. The type locality is the Lutetian of southern France. This genus is also known from the Ypresian of the United States, the Lutetian Lisbon Formation of Alabama, and the Priabonian Samlat Formation of Dakhla, Morocco.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ebersole, J. A., Cicimurri, D. J., & Stringer, G. L. (2019). Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy, (585).
  2. ^ Adnet, S. Y. L. V. A. I. N., Hosseinzadeh, R., Antunes, M. T., Balbino, A. C., Kozlov, V. A., & Cappetta, H. (2007). A Middle-Late Eocene vertebrate fauna (marine fish and mammals) from southwestern Morocco; preliminary report: age and palaeobiogeographical implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 30, 303-23.