Pucabatis
Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
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Pucabatis is a prehistoric genus of ray whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the Maastrichtian stage. The type and only species is Pucabatis hoffstetteri. Fossils of Pucabatis have been found in the El Molino Formation of Bolivia and the Bagua Formation of Peru.[1]
| Pucabatis Temporal range: Maastrichtian ~ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | †Rhombodontidae |
| Genus: | †Pucabatis Cappetta, 1975 |
| Species: | †P. hoffstetteri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pucabatis hoffstetteri Cappetta, 1975 | |
