Gymnura delpiti Cappetta 1984 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1984. Découverte du genre Gymnura (Batomorphii, Myliobatiformes) dans le Thanétien des Ouled Abdoun, Maroc. Observations sur la denture de quelques espèces actuelles [Discovery of the genus Gymnura (Batomorphii, Myliobatiformes) in the Thanetian of the Ouled Abdoun, Morocco. Observations on the dentition of some modern species]. Geobios 17:631-635

Belongs to Gymnura according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

See also Cappetta 1984 and Cappetta 1987

Sister taxa: Gymnura altavela, Gymnura grootaerti, Gymnura hovestadti, Gymnura laterialata, Gymnura micura, Pteroplatea lapislutosa

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Morocco (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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