Heliobatis
Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heliobatis is an extinct genus of stingray in the Myliobatiformes family Dasyatidae.[1] At present the genus contains the single species Heliobatis radians.
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Male Heliobatis radians fossil | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Dasyatidae |
Genus: | †Heliobatis |
Species: | †H. radians |
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†Heliobatis radians | |
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The genus is known primarily from the Early Eocene, Wasatchian stage, Fossil Lake deposits. Fossil Lake is part of the Green River Formation in southwest Wyoming.[1] Heliobatis is one of only two known rays to have been found in the Green River formation; the other species, Asterotrygon maloneyi, was only recognized and described in 2004.[2]