Subfamily Myliobatinae (eagle ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Parent taxon: Myliobatidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2021

See also Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Ebersole et al. 2019 and Rana et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Aetobatinae, Aetomylaeus, Aktaua, Amtaaguar, Apocopodon, Brachyrhizodus, Ceratopterina, Garabatis, Hypolophites, Igdabatis, Leidybatis, Lophobatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Myliobates, Myliobatina, Myliobatis, Palaeomyliobatis, Palaeomyliobatis pirabensis, Pseudaetobatus, Pteromylaeus, Rhizochlatrus, Rhizochlatrus vidalis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)

• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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