# Igdabatis

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***Igdabatis*** is a prehistoric genus of [ray](/source/Ray_(fish)) whose fossils are found in rocks dating from the [Maastrichtian](/source/Maastrichtian) stage of Spain ([Figuerola](/source/Figuerola_Formation) and [La Maçana Formations](/source/La_Ma%C3%A7ana_Formation) of the [Fontllonga Group](/source/Fontllonga_Group)), the [Dukamaje Formation](/source/Dukamaje_Formation) of Niger and the [Takli](/source/Takli_Formation), [Lameta](/source/Lameta_Formation), [Fatehgarh](/source/Fatehgarh_Formation) and [Intertrappean Beds Formations](/source/Intertrappean_Beds_Formation) of India.[1]

## Classification

### Species

Three species of *Igdabatis* are known from the Cretaceous of Spain, Niger, and India.

- *Igdabatis sigmodon*[2]
- *Igdabatis indicus*[3]
- *Igdabatis marmii*[4]

## See also

- [Flora and fauna of the Maastrichtian stage](/source/Flora_and_fauna_of_the_Maastrichtian_stage)
- [List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes)](/source/List_of_prehistoric_cartilaginous_fish_(Chondrichthyes))

## References

1. ["Igdabatis Cappetta 1972 (eagle ray)"](https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34736). *Fossilworks*. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

1. ["Igdabatis sigmodon Cappetta, 1972"](https://www.gbif.org/species/121468749). *www.gbif.org*. Retrieved 2022-01-07.

1. PRASAD, G. V. R., CAPPETTA, H. (1993). *Late Cretaceous selachians from India and the age of the Deccan Traps. Palaeontology*. pp. 231–248.

1. Blanco, Alejandro (2018-08-16). ["Igdabatis marmii sp. nov. (Myliobatiformes) from the lower Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of north-eastern Spain: an Ibero-Armorican origin for a Gondwanan batoid"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327065019_Igdabatis_marmii_sp_nov_Myliobatiformes_from_the_lower_Maastrichtian_Upper_Cretaceous_of_north-eastern_Spain_an_Ibero-Armorican_origin_for_a_Gondwanan_batoid). *Journal of Systematic Palaeontology*. **17**: 1–15. [doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1472673](https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2018.1472673)

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