Narcine Henle 1834 (numbfish)
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Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Narcinidae
Synonyms: Cyclonarce Gill 1862, Gonionarce Gill 1862, Syrraxis Bonaparte 1841
Parent taxon: Narcinidae according to H. Cappetta 1988
See also Cappetta 1987, Jaekel 1894, Jonet 1968, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Benthobatis, Discopyge, Titanonarke
Subtaxa: Narcine molini Narcine olisiponensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Portugal (1 collection)
• Eocene of Egypt (7), Italy (1), Morocco (1), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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