Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Synonyms: Aetoplatea Vallencienes 1841, Pteroplatea Muller and Henle 1837
Parent taxon: Gymnuridae according to C. J. Underwood and J. Schlogl 2013
See also Cappetta 1984, Cappetta 1987, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, David 1943, Jaekel 1894, Jordan 1963, Noubhani and Cappetta 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Werner 1989
Sister taxa: Jacquhermania, Ouledia, Pachygymnura, Subathunura
Subtaxa: Gymnura altavela Gymnura delpiti Gymnura grootaerti Gymnura hovestadti Gymnura laterialata Gymnura micura Pteroplatea lapislutosa
Type: Raja micura
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (1), France (1), Malta (1), Mexico (1), Portugal (3), Slovakia (1), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Eocene of Egypt (8), France (7), Jordan (1), the Netherlands (2), Togo (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3), Western Sahara (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of India (1)
• Paleocene of Morocco (4)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1)
Total: 42 collections including 43 occurrences
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