Pucabatis
Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
| Pucabatis Temporal range: Maastrichtian ~70.6–66.043 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| 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.[1]
See also
Fish portal
- Flora and fauna of the Maastrichtian stage
- List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes)
References
- ^ Pucabatis at Fossilworks.org
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