Order Torpediniformes (electric ray)
Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes
Parent taxon: Batoidea according to J. A. Long 2011
See also Cappetta 1987, Cappetta 1988 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Masticura, Pristiformes, Rhinobatoidea
Subtaxa: Narcinidae Narcinoidea Torpedinidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• MN 13 of Portugal (2 collections)
• Miocene of the Netherlands (1), Portugal (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (8), France (2), Italy (3), Jordan (1), Morocco (2), Togo (1), Tunisia (2), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Mississippi, South Carolina), Western Sahara (1)
• Paleocene of Mali (1), Morocco (2), Niger (1), Saudi Arabia (3), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 36 collections including 44 occurrences