Saltirius utahensis Cook et al. 2014 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Full reference: T. D. Cook, J. G. Eaton, M. G. Newbrey and M. V. H. Wilson. 2014. A new genus and species of freshwater stingray (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatoidea) from the latest middle Eocene of Utah, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology 88(3):497-503

Belongs to Saltirius according to T. D. Cook et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMNH VP 19767, a tooth. Its type locality is Turtle Basin, which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the "Brian Head" Formation of Utah.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Turtle Basin

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