Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Mobulidae
Synonyms: Apterurus Rafinesque 1810, Cephalopterus Riso 1810, Ceratobatis Boulenger 1897, Ceratoptera, Dicerobatus Blainville 1816, Manta Bancroft 1829, Paramobula Pfeil 1981, Pterocephala Swainson 1838, Pterocephalus Swainson 1838
Parent taxon: Mobulidae according to S. Adnet et al. 2012
See also Cappetta 1987, Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Hay 1902, Jaekel 1894, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Purdy et al. 2001, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and White et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Amamriabatis, Archaeomanta, Argoubia, Brachioptilon, Burnhamia, Eomanta, Eoplinthicus, Oromobula, Plinthicus
Subtaxa: Manta unios Mobula auriculata Mobula birostris Mobula hynei Mobula hypostomus Mobula loupianensis Mobula melanyae Mobula pectinata Paramobula fragilis
Ecology: nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ecuador (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), India (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (7), Poland (1), Portugal (1), United States (4: North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (3)
• Oligocene of United States (4: Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Togo (1)
Total: 33 collections including 47 occurrences
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