Igdabatis sigmodon

Cappetta, 1972


Classification: Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Myliobatidae

Reference of the original description
Cappetta, H. (1972)
Les poissons crétacés et tertiaires du bassin des Iullemmeden (République du Niger). Palaeovertebrata, 5(5), 179–251

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Igdabatis cf. sigmodon

Types
Igdabatis sigmodon
Holotype: USTL: IGB-18;


Description:


Citation: Igdabatis sigmodon Cappetta, 1972: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 03/2024

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Description
Original diagnose after Cappetta (1972) p. 215 [315]: Myliobatidé a dents médianes arquées transversalement, certaines ayant un contour nettement sigmoidal. Couronne haute d'épaisseur variable, portant line fine ornementation alvéolée. Deux a trois faces d'articulations latérales. Racine formée d'une alternance de sillons et de lames de largeur variable. Dents latérales rectilignes, a couronne très dissymétrique.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=3158;
type species of Igdabatis Cappetta 1972 [315] by original designation (Art. 68.2 ICZN);

valid after Cappetta (1972) p. 215 [315]; Blanco (2019) p. 870 [27336];

References
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Cappetta, H. (1972)
Les poissons crétacés et tertiaires du bassin des Iullemmeden (République du Niger). Palaeovertebrata, 5(5), 179–251