Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1972. Les poissons crétacés et tertiaires du bassin des Iullemmeden (République du Niger). Palaeovertebrata 5:179-251
Parent taxon: Myliobatidae according to H. Cappetta 1972
See also Cappetta 1987, Kriwet et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aetobatinae, Apocopodon, Brachyrhizodus, Ceratopterina, Leidybatis, Lophobatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Mobulinae, Myliobates, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis, Pteromylaeus, Rhinopterinae
Subtaxa: Igdabatis indicus Igdabatis sigmodon
Type: Igdabatis sigmodon
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (12 collections), Niger (2), Spain (3)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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