Raja louisi Cappetta 1972 (skate)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

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

Belongs to Raja according to H. Cappetta 1987

See also Cappetta 1972

Sister taxa: Raja antiqua, Raja batis, Raja casieri, Raja ceciliae, Raja clavata, Raja davisi, Raja fallax, Raja gentili, Raja harrisae, Raja heinzelini, Raja marandati, Raja mccollumi, Raja michauxi, Raja olisiponensis, Raja praeclavata, Raja primarmata, Raja similis, Raja sudhakari, Raja terhagenensis, Raja texana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sessao, which is in a Thanetian marginal marine marl in Niger

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sessao

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