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Myliobatis bothriodon

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Species of extinct eagle ray

Myliobatis bothriodon
Temporal range: 48.6–40.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Myliobatidae
Genus: Myliobatis
Species: †M. bothriodon
Binomial name
†Myliobatis bothriodon
White, 1926

Myliobatis bothriodon is a species of extinct eagle ray that lived for 8.2 million years. It only has one occurrence, which was in Nigeria during the Eocene epoch. The specimen was found in a Lutetian marine horizon.

References

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Myliobatis bothriodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. "Search". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
Taxon identifiers
Myliobatis bothriodon


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