Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1986. Myliobatide nouveaux (Neoselachii, Batomorphii) de l'Ypreésian des Ouled Abdoun, Maroc. Geologica et Palaeontologica 20:185-207
Parent taxon: Myliobatidae according to J. J. De Pasqua et al. 2025
See also Cappetta 1986, Ebersole et al. 2019 and Tabuce et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Aetobatinae, Aetomylaeus, Aktaua, Amtaaguar, Apocopodon, Brachyrhizodus, Ceratopterina, Garabatis, Hypolophites, Igdabatis, Lophobatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Myliobates, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis, Palaeomyliobatis, Palaeomyliobatis pirabensis, Pseudaetobatus, Pteromylaeus, Rhizochlatrus, Rhizochlatrus vidalis
Subtaxa: Leidybatis granulosus Leidybatis jugosus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Angola (2 collections), Czechia (1), Egypt (4), France (3), Morocco (2), Togo (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: Alabama, New Jersey)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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