Urolophus (round ray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Urolophidae
Synonyms: Leiobatus Blainville 1816, Trygonoptera Muller and Henle 1838
Parent taxon: Urolophidae according to G. Marramà et al. 2018
See also Cappetta 1987, Jaekel 1894, Jordan 1907, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Underwood 2006 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxon: Urolophus crassicaudatus
Subtaxa: Urolophus crassicauda Urolophus cruciata Urolophus halleri Urolophus princeps
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Italy (3)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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