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  • Heliobatis radians


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    Taxonomy

    Heliobatis radians Stingray

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
    Class: Chondrichthyes
    Order: Myliobatiformes
    Family: Dasyatidae
    Genus: Heliobatis
    Species: Heliobatis radians
    Author Citation Marsh, 1877

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Paleogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Eocene

    Stratigraphy

    Green River Formation
    Fossil Butte Member

    Provenance

    Collector: Seth Sorensen
    Date Collected: 06/08/2016
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 11.6 "
    Width: 6 "

    Location

    Wyoming
    United States

    Comments

    This is a female Stingray specimen called Heliobatis radians and is one of only two species of ray from the Green River Formation. Like modern stingrays, this extinct genus had barbs on its tail. This one is known to be a female due to the absence of claspers used by the male in mating.




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    Oh man, that stingray looks funny. Better send it to me for my collection. I wouldn't want the forum to have to take away your GDB!

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    12 minutes ago, FossilDudeCO said:

    Oh man, that stingray looks funny. Better send it to me for my collection. I wouldn't want the forum to have to take away your GDB!

    Come get your own next year.  Get a dozen for that matter.

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