Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Alternative combination: Raja aquila
Belongs to Myliobatis according to M. T. Antunes and A. C. Balbino 2006
See also Cappetta 1987, Hay 1902 and Mane et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Dasyatis akajei rikuzenensis, Myliobatis affinis, Myliobatis altus, Myliobatis arcuatus, Myliobatis bilobatus, Myliobatis bisulcus, Myliobatis bothriodon, Myliobatis californica, Myliobatis dimorphus, Myliobatis dispar, Myliobatis fastigiatus, Myliobatis faujasi, Myliobatis foxhillsensis, Myliobatis frangens, Myliobatis funiculatus, Myliobatis gigas, Myliobatis girondicus, Myliobatis holmesii, Myliobatis intermedius, Myliobatis kummeli, Myliobatis latidens, Myliobatis leognanensis, Myliobatis llopisi, Myliobatis merriami, Myliobatis microrhizus, Myliobatis monnieri, Myliobatis moorabbinensis, Myliobatis mordax, Myliobatis nzadinensis, Myliobatis oligocaena, Myliobatis pachyodon, Myliobatis pachyrhizodus, Myliobatis plicatilis, Myliobatis prenticei, Myliobatis raouxi, Myliobatis sendaicus, Myliobatis sulcidens, Myliobatis tennicaudatus, Myliobatis tewarii, Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis vicomicanus, Myliobatis wurnoensis
Subtaxa: Myliobatis aquila oligocaena
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Spain (1)
• Miocene of Portugal (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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