Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Mobulidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Description of some extinct fishes previously unknown. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:310-317
Parent taxon: Mobulidae according to S. Adnet et al. 2012
See also Cappetta 1987, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Cope 1869, Hay 1902, Kent 2018, Leriche 1942, Purdy et al. 2001, Rapp 1946 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amamriabatis, Archaeomanta, Argoubia, Brachioptilon, Burnhamia, Eomanta, Eoplinthicus, Mobula, Oromobula
Subtaxa: Plinthicus kruibekensis Plinthicus stenodon
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (1 collection), United States (5: New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), United States (5: Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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