''Coupatezia'' is a prehistoric genus of ray in the

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Dasyatidae whose fossils are found in strata dating from the

Maastrichtian The Maastrichtian () is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem. It spanned the interval from ...

stage until the last species' extinction during the Middle

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. These rays were found shallow seas in

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and the eastern

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Classification

Species

*''Coupatezia fallax'' *''Coupatezia trempina'' (Maastrichtian "Kemp Clay" stratum of Texas) *''Coupatezia turneri'' *''Coupatezia woutersi'' (Lutetian

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)

References

External links

*Elasmo.com "The Life and Times of Long Dead Sharks

Myliobatiformes Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Paleocene fish Eocene fish Lutetian genus extinctions Maastrichtian genus first appearances Prehistoric fish of North America Prehistoric fish of Africa Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera {{Cretaceous-fish-stub

Classification

Species

See also

References

External links