Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Full reference: M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111
Belongs to Raja according to M. Leriche 1942
Sister taxa: Raja antiqua, Raja batis, Raja casieri, Raja ceciliae, Raja clavata, Raja davisi, Raja fallax, Raja gentili, Raja harrisae, Raja heinzelini, Raja louisi, Raja marandati, Raja mccollumi, Raja michauxi, Raja olisiponensis, Raja praeclavata, Raja primarmata, Raja similis, Raja sudhakari, Raja terhagenensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Highway 71, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Texas
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Highway 71
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