Ostarriraja parva Marrama et al. 2018 (ray)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Full reference: G. Marrama, O. Schultz, and J. Kriwet. 2018. A new Miocene skate from the Central Paratethys (Upper Austria): the first unambiguous skeletal record for the Rajiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batomorphii). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1-24

Belongs to Ostarriraja according to G. Marrama et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMW 2005z0283/0097, a skeleton. Its type locality is Pit west of Rainbach im Innkreis, which is in a Burdigalian marine claystone in Austria.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pit west of Rainbach im Innkreis

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