†Tlalocbatos applegatei Brito et al. 2019 (elasmobranch)
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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
Belongs to Tlalocbatos according to P. M. Brito et al. 2019
See also Cantalice et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGM 5853, a skeleton. Its type locality is Tlayúa Quarry (IGM collection), which is in an Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tlayúa Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tlayúa Quarry (IGM collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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