Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae

Full reference: M. R. de Carvalho. 2004. A Late Cretaceous thornback ray from southern Italy, with a phylogenetic reappraisal of the Platyrhinidae (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Mesozoic Fishes 3: Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity 75-100

Parent taxon: Platyrhinidae according to M. R. de Carvalho 2004

Sister taxa: Analithis, Arhynchobatis, Britobatos, Cretaplatyrhinoidis, Discobatus, Eoplatyrhina, Platyrhina, Platyrhinoidis, Pseudoplatyrhina, Tingitanius

Subtaxa: Tethybatis selachoides

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Type: Tethybatis selachoides

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cava, near Castello (Cretaceous of Italy)

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