Potobatis

Potobatis; Temporal range: Danian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Superfamily:	Dasyatoidea
Genus:	† Potobatis
Species:	†P. semperei
Binomial name
	†Potobatis semperei; Cappetta & Gayet, 2013

Last updated July 01, 2025

Potobatis is an extinct genus of dasyatoid that lived during the Danian stage of the Palaeocene epoch.

Distribution

Potobatis semperei is known from the El Molino Formation of Bolivia.^[1]

References

↑ Cappetta, Henri; Gayet, Mireille (1 September 2013). "A new elasmobranch genus (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatoidea) from the Danian of Potosí (Bolivia)" . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 269 (3): 285–290. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0351. ISSN 0077-7749 . Retrieved 25 June 2025– via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.

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[1] Cappetta, Henri; Gayet, Mireille (1 September 2013). "A new elasmobranch genus (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatoidea) from the Danian of Potosí (Bolivia)" . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 269 (3): 285–290. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0351. ISSN 0077-7749 . Retrieved 25 June 2025– via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.

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