Aetobatus poeyi
Aetobatus poeyi is an extinct species of aetobatid eagle ray from Cuba.
| Aetobatus poeyi Temporal range: ?Eocene | |
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| Species: | A. poeyi |
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| Aetobatus poeyi Fernández de Castro 1873 | |
Description
The batoid Aetobatus poeyi was described by Fernández de Castro in 1873 from a locality in the lands of Ingenio (sugar mill) Constancia (today Moncada), northwest of the city of Cienfuegos, Cuba. The Eocene age for this species assigned by Fernández de Castro (1873) is questionable. According to Fernández de Castro, the fossil was collected in rocks that crop out in the lower reach of Damují River basin.[1]
References
- Iturralde Vinent et al., 1996, p.7
Bibliography
- Iturralde Vinent, Manuel; G. Hubbell, and R. Rojas. 1996. Catalogue of Cuban fossil Elasmobranchii (Paleocene to Pliocene) and paleogeographic implications of their Lower to Middle Miocene occurrence. Boletín de la Sociedad Jamaicana de Geología 31. 7–21. Accessed 2018-08-03.
Further reading
- Iturralde Vinent, Manuel et al. 1998. Myliobatidae (Elasmobranchii: Batomorphii) del terciario de Cuba. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Paleontología 8. 135–145. Accessed 2018-08-03.
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