Pteroplatea lapislutosa David 1943 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae

Full reference: L. R. David. 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187

Belongs to Pteroplatea according to L. R. David 1943

Sister taxa: Gymnura altavela, Gymnura delpiti, Gymnura grootaerti, Gymnura hovestadti, Gymnura laterialata, Gymnura micura

Type specimen: Its type locality is White Point, which is in a Barstovian marine shale in the Monterey Formation of California

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at White Point

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