†Apocopodon Cope 1885 (eagle ray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1885. A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Brazil. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23(121):1-21
Parent taxon: Myliobatidae according to A. S. Woodward 1889
See also Cappetta 1987, Cope 1885, Cope 1886 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aetobatinae, Aetomylaeus, Brachyrhizodus, Ceratopterina, Igdabatis, Leidybatis, Lophobatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Mobulinae, Myliobates, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis, Pteromylaeus, Rhinopteridae
Subtaxa: Apocopodon sericeus
Type: Apocopodon sericeus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at - Nautiloidea (Cretaceous of Brazil)
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