Platypterix Kriwet et al. 2009 (guitarfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Full reference: J. Kriwet, E. V. Nunn, and S. Klug. 2009. Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower and lower Upper Cretaceous of north-eastern Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155(2):316-347

Parent taxon: Rhinobatidae according to J. Kriwet et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Aellopos, Arthrobatis, Belemnobatis, Cyclarthrus, Demiurga, Eorhinobatos, Euryarthra, Glaucostegus, Isidobatus, Myledaphus, Paratrygonorrhina, Pseudorhinobatos, Rhinobatos, Rhinobatus, Rhombopterygia, Rhynchobatis, Spathobatis, Squatinoraja, Syrrhina, Tarsistes, Terangabatis, Trygonorhina, Zapteryx

Subtaxa: Platypterix venustulus

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Type: Platypterix venustulus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platypterix in the database

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