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 J. J. De Pasqua et al. 2025

See also Cappetta 1987, Cope 1885, Cope 1886, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Aetobatinae, Aetobatus, Aetomylaeus, Aktaua, Amtaaguar, Brachyrhizodus, Ceratopterina, Garabatis, Hypolophites, Igdabatis, Leidybatis, Lophobatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Myliobates, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis, Pseudaetobatus, Pteromylaeus, Rhizochlatrus

Subtaxa: Apocopodon sericeus

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Type: Apocopodon sericeus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at - Nautiloidea (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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