2019 in paleoichthyology
Cartilaginous fishes

2019 in paleoichthyology

Section Title: Cartilaginous fishes
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Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Country	Notes	Images

Asflapristis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Villalobos-Segura et al.	Late Cretaceous (Turonian)	Akrabou Formation	Morocco	A member of Sclerorhynchoidei belonging to the family Ptychotrygonidae. Genus includes new species A. cristadentis.

Carcharhinus underwoodi	Sp. nov	Valid	Samonds et al.	Eocene	Mahajanga Basin	Madagascar	A species of Carcharhinus.

Galagadon	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Gates, Gorscak & Makovicky	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	United States ( South Dakota)	A carpet shark. The type species is G. nordquistae.

Gydoselache	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Maisey et al.	Devonian (Emsian)	Gydo Formation	South Africa	A cartilaginous fish of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to Pucapampella and assigned to the new family Pucapampellidae. The type species is G.

Kimmerobatis	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Underwood & Claeson	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Kimmeridge Clay	United Kingdom	A member of Batoidea related to Spathobatis. Genus includes new species K. etchesi.

Lamarodus	Gen. et sp. nov	In press	Ivanov in Ivanov et al.	Permian (Guadalupian)	Bell Canyon Formation	United States ( Texas)	A member of Hybodontiformes belonging to the superfamily Hybodontoidea. Genus includes new species L. triangulus.

Myledaphus araucanus	Sp. nov	Valid	Otero	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Arauco Basin	Chile

Pastinachus kebarensis	Sp. nov	In press	Adnet et al.	Eocene (late Bartonian)	Tunisia	A cowtail stingray of Pastinachus.

Protolamna ricaurtensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Carrillo-Briceño, Parra & Luque	Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Aptian)	Paja Formation	Colombia	A mackerel shark belonging to the family Pseudoscapanorhynchidae.

Scymnodalatias kazenobon	Sp. nov	Valid	Nishimatsu & Ujihara	Middle Miocene	Yatsuo Group	Japan	A species of Scymnodalatias.

Tethytrygon	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Marramà et al.	Eocene (Ypresian)	Monte Bolca	Italy	A whiptail stingray belonging to the subfamily Neotrygoninae; a new genus for "Raja" muricata Volta (1796).

Tlalocbatos	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Brito, Villalobos-Segura & Alvarado-Ortega	Early Cretaceous	Tlayúa Formation	Mexico	A member of Batoidea related to the banjo rays. Genus includes new species T. applegatei.

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A specimen of the whiptail stingray species Tethytrygon is from the Eocene of the Monte Bolca locality in Italy.

final_sentence: A specimen of the whiptail stingray species Tethytrygon is from the Eocene of the Monte Bolca locality in Italy.