Igdabatis Explained

Igdabatis is a prehistoric genus of ray whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage of Spain (Figuerola and La Maçana Formations of the Fontllonga Group), the Dukamaje Formation of Niger and the Takli, Lameta, Fatehgarh and Intertrappean Beds Formations of India.^[1]

Classification

Species

Three species of Igdabatis are known from the Cretaceous of Spain, Niger, and India.

• Igdabatis sigmodon^[2]
• Igdabatis indicus^[3]
• Igdabatis marmii^[4]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Igdabatis Cappetta 1972 (eagle ray). 17 December 2021. Fossilworks.
2. Web site: Igdabatis sigmodon Cappetta, 1972. 2022-01-07. www.gbif.org. en.
3. Book: PRASAD, G. V. R., CAPPETTA, H.. Late Cretaceous selachians from India and the age of the Deccan Traps. Palaeontology. 1993. 231–248. English.
4. Blanco. Alejandro. 2018-08-16. Igdabatis marmii sp. nov. (Myliobatiformes) from the lower Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of north-eastern Spain: an Ibero-Armorican origin for a Gondwanan batoid. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17. 1–15. 10.1080/14772019.2018.1472673.