Tlalocbatos Brito et al. 2019 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes

Full reference: P. M. Brito, E. Villalobos-Segura, and J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2019. A new early Cretaceous guitarfish (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea) from the Tlayúa Formation, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 90:155-161

Parent taxon: Rhinopristiformes according to P. M. Brito et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Atlantobatis, Microbatis, Pristidae, Rhinidae, Rhynchobatidae, Sowibatos

Subtaxa: Tlalocbatos applegatei

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Type: Tlalocbatos applegatei

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tlayúa Quarry (IGM collection) (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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