Apocopodon is an extinct genus of eagle ray from the Paleocene epoch of the Paleogene period.[1] It contains a single species A. sericeus. It was originally described from the Danian-aged Marina Farinha Formation of the Paraíba Basin of Brazil. Recently, the genus was reported in Kingstree, South Carolina probably derived from the lower paleocene-aged Rhems Formation, significantly extending the geographic range of the genus.[2]

Apocopodon
Temporal range: Danian
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Apocopodon

Cope, 1886

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  1. ^ "Apocopodon sericeus, Ray dental plate | Charleston Museum". www.charlestonmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  2. ^ Santana, Felipe & Cicimurri, David & Barbosa, José. (2011). New material of Apocopodon sericeus cope, 1886 (myliobatiformes, myliobatidae) from the Paraíba Basin (Northeastern Brazil), and South Carolina (USA) with a reanalysis of the species. PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology. 8. 1-20.