Myliobatis bothriodon

Myliobatis bothriodon is a species of extinct eagle ray that lived for 8.2 million years.[1] It only has one occurrence, which was in Nigeria,[2] during the Eocene epoch. The specimen was found in a Lutetian marine horizon.[1]

Myliobatis bothriodon
Temporal range: 48.6–40.4 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Myliobatidae
Genus: Myliobatis
Species:
M. bothriodon
Binomial name
Myliobatis bothriodon
White, 1926

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Myliobatis bothriodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  2. "Search". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
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