Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Belongs to Aetobatis according to E. Dartevelle and E. Casier 1943
See also Agassiz 1843, Cope 1868, Hay 1902, Iturralde-Vinent et al. 1998, Jonet 1968, Kent 2018, Leriche 1938 and Leriche 1942
Sister taxa: Aetobatis marginalis, Aetobatis profundus, Aetobatis subarcuatus, Aetobatis sulcatus, Aetobatus aragonis, Aetobatus arcuatus, Aetobatus irregularis, Aetobatus narinari, Aetobatus omaliusi, Aetobatus poeyi, Stoasodon perspicuus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Portugal (2), Slovakia (2), United States (5: Maryland, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Angola (5)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Maryland)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Angola (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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