Myliobatis monnieri Cappetta 1986 (eagle ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1986. Myliobatide nouveaux (Neoselachii, Batomorphii) de l'Ypreésian des Ouled Abdoun, Maroc. Geologica et Palaeontologica 20:185-207

Belongs to Myliobatis according to H. Cappetta 1986

Sister taxa: Dasyatis akajei rikuzenensis, Myliobatis affinis, Myliobatis altus, Myliobatis aquila, Myliobatis arcuatus, Myliobatis bilobatus, Myliobatis bisulcus, Myliobatis bothriodon, Myliobatis californica, Myliobatis dimorphus, Myliobatis dispar, Myliobatis fastigiatus, Myliobatis faujasi, Myliobatis foxhillsensis, Myliobatis frangens, Myliobatis funiculatus, Myliobatis gigas, Myliobatis girondicus, Myliobatis holmesii, Myliobatis intermedius, Myliobatis kummeli, Myliobatis latidens, Myliobatis leognanensis, Myliobatis llopisi, Myliobatis merriami, Myliobatis microrhizus, Myliobatis moorabbinensis, Myliobatis mordax, Myliobatis nzadinensis, Myliobatis oligocaena, Myliobatis pachyodon, Myliobatis pachyrhizodus, Myliobatis plicatilis, Myliobatis prenticei, Myliobatis raouxi, Myliobatis sendaicus, Myliobatis sulcidens, Myliobatis tennicaudatus, Myliobatis tewarii, Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis vicomicanus, Myliobatis wurnoensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4, Ypresian, which is in a Ypresian marine phosphorite in Morocco

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4, Ypresian

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