Heliobatis
Heliobatis is an extinct genus of stingray.[1] At present the genus contains the single species Heliobatis radians.
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| Genus: | Heliobatis
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| Species: | H. radians
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The fossil is found in 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 recognized and described in 2004.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grande, Lance. Paleontology of the Green River Formation, with a review of the fish fauna. Bulletin of the Wyoming State Geological Survey 63 2nd ed. (1984). Laramie, WY.
- ↑ Carvalho, M.R.. Freshwater stingrays of the Green River Formation of Wyoming (early Eocene), with the description of a new genus and species and an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships (Chondrichthyes, Myliobatiformes).. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 284 (2004). p. 1–136. doi:<0001:FSOTGR>2.0.CO;2 10.1206/0003-0090(2004)284<0001:FSOTGR>2.0.CO;2.