Igdabatis indicus Prasad and Cappetta 1993 (eagle ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Full reference: G. V. R. Prasad and H. Cappetta. 1993. Late Cretaceous selachians from India and the age of the Deccan Traps. Palaeontology 36(1):231-248

Belongs to Igdabatis according to G. V. R. Prasad and H. Cappetta 1993

See also Kriwet et al. 2007

Sister taxon: Igdabatis sigmodon

Type specimen: VPL/JU 107. Its type locality is Marepalli, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial conglomerate/marl in the Infratrappean Beds Formation of India.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of India (6 collections), Spain (3)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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