Igdabatis sigmodon Cappetta 1972 (eagle ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1972. Les poissons crétacés et tertiaires du bassin des Iullemmeden (République du Niger). Palaeovertebrata 5:179-251

Belongs to Igdabatis according to J. Kriwet et al. 2007

See also Cappetta 1972 and Cappetta 1987

Sister taxon: Igdabatis indicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mont Igdaman, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal marl in Niger

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of India (3 collections), Niger (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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