Biology:Pucabatis

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Short description: Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes


Pucabatis
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
~70.6–66.043 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Family:
Rhombodontidae
Genus:
Pucabatis

Cappetta 1975
Binomial name
Pucabatis
Cappetta 1975
Species

P. hoffstetteri (type)

Pucabatis is a prehistoric genus of ray whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage. The type and only species is P. hoffstetteri. Fossils of Pucabatis have been found in the El Molino Formation of Bolivia and the Bagua Formation of Peru.[1]

See also

  • Flora and fauna of the Maastrichtian stage
  • List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7258166 entry