Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Platyrhinidae
Alternative spelling: Plathyrhinidae
Parent taxon: Myliobatiformes according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014
See also Cappetta 1987, Claeson et al. 2013, Jordan 1963 and Underwood 2006
Sister taxa: Acanthobatis, Bates, Ceratopteridae, Coupatezia, Dasyatidae, Dasyatoidea, Eomanta, Gymnuridae, Hypolophodon, Mobulidae, Mobuloidea, Myliobatidae, Myliobatoidea, Potamotrygonidae, Ptychacanthus, Rhinopteridae, Texabatis, Turoniabatis, Urolophidae
Subtaxa: Analithis Arhynchobatis Britobatos Discobatus Platyrhina Platyrhinoidis Tethybatis Tingitanius
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Eocene of Egypt (4), Italy (2), United States (2: Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Italy (1), Morocco (1)
Total: 12 collections including 18 occurrences