†Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 (eagle ray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Alternative combination: Rhinoptera daviesi
Belongs to Burnhamia according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Cappetta 1987, Case 1981, Case et al. 2015, Casier 1946 and Cassier 1966
Sister taxon: Burnhamia fetahi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (7), United States (8: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)
• Paleocene of Morocco (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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