Biology:Ataktobatis

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Short description: Extinct Rhinopristiform genus

Ataktobatis
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Genus: Ataktobatis
Cappetta & Corral, 1999

Ataktobatis is an extinct genus of rhinopristiform fish from the Late Cretaceous. It is currently known from a singular species, A. variabilis. It was described from the Maastrichtian of the Basque country and is known from rocks of the same age in Egypt and Morocco. It has yet to be ascribed to a family.[1][2]

References

  1. Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier & Corral, José-Carmelo & Astibia, Humberto & Badiola, Ainara & Bardet, Nathalie & Berreteaga, A. & Buffetaut, Eric & Delgado Buscalioni, Angela & Henri, Cappetta & Cavin, Lionel & Díez Díaz, Verónica & Gheerbrant, E. & Murelaga, Xabier & Ortega, Francisco & Pérez García, Adán & Poyato-Ariza, Francisco José & Rage, Jean-Claude & Sanz, J.L. & Torices, Angelica. (2015). Late Cretaceous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Laño Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update. Journal of Iberian Geology. 41. 101-124. 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2015.v41.n1.48658.
  2. N. BARDET, H. CAPPETTA, X. PEREDA SUBERBIOLA, M. MOUTY, A. K. AL MALEH, A. M. AHMAD, O. KHRATA, N. GANNOUM; The marine vertebrate faunas from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Syria. 'Geological Magazine' ; 137 (3): 269–290.

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