Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes
Parent taxon: Batomorphi according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Cappetta 1987, Cappetta 1988, Long 2011 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Archaeobatidae, Arthropteridae, Belemnobatidae, Enantiobatis, Myliobatiformes, Rajiformes, Rhinopristiformes, Sclerorhynchiformes, Spathobatidae
Subtaxa: Hypnidae Narcinidae Narcinoidea Torpedinidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• MN 13 of Portugal (2 collections)
• Miocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (10), France (2), Italy (5), Jordan (1), Morocco (2), Togo (1), Tunisia (2), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Mississippi, South Carolina), Western Sahara (1)
• Paleocene of Angola (5), Mali (1), Morocco (2), Niger (1), Saudi Arabia (3), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 44 collections including 53 occurrences