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Pucabatis

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Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes

Pucabatis
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
~70.6–66.043 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
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.

See also

References

  1. Pucabatis at Fossilworks.org
Taxon identifiers
Pucabatis


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