Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Full reference: E. Dartevelle and E. Casier. 1943. Les poissons fossiles du Bas-Congo et des régions voisines. Annales du Musée du Congo Belge. A - Minéralogie Géologie, Paléontologie. Série III 2(1):1-200
Belongs to Myliobatis according to J. Herman 1977
See also Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Sister taxa: Dasyatis akajei rikuzenensis, Myliobatis affinis, Myliobatis altus, Myliobatis aquila, Myliobatis arcuatus, Myliobatis bilobatus, Myliobatis bisulcus, Myliobatis bothriodon, Myliobatis californica, Myliobatis dimorphus, Myliobatis dispar, Myliobatis fastigiatus, Myliobatis faujasi, Myliobatis foxhillsensis, Myliobatis frangens, Myliobatis funiculatus, Myliobatis gigas, Myliobatis girondicus, Myliobatis holmesii, Myliobatis kummeli, Myliobatis latidens, Myliobatis leognanensis, Myliobatis llopisi, Myliobatis merriami, Myliobatis microrhizus, Myliobatis monnieri, Myliobatis moorabbinensis, Myliobatis mordax, Myliobatis nzadinensis, Myliobatis oligocaena, Myliobatis pachyodon, Myliobatis pachyrhizodus, Myliobatis plicatilis, Myliobatis prenticei, Myliobatis raouxi, Myliobatis sendaicus, Myliobatis tennicaudatus, Myliobatis tewarii, Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis vicomicanus, Myliobatis wurnoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Landana Cliffs (layer 2), which is in a Selandian deep subtidal grainstone in the Landana Formation of Angola
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Angola (1 collection), Belgium (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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