Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Alternative combinations: Myliobates jugosus, Myliobatis jugosus
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1876. Remarks on fossils of the Ashley Phosphate Beds. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1876:86-87
Belongs to Leidybatis according to H. Cappetta and G. R. Case 2016
See also Cappetta 1987, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Dutheil and Merle 1992, Ebersole et al. 2019, Hay 1902, Leidy 1876, Leriche 1942, Přikryl and Skupien 2013 and Rapp 1946
Sister taxon: Leidybatis granulosus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Angola (2 collections), Czechia (1), France (1), Togo (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: Alabama, New Jersey)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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