Aetobatus poeyi Fernandez de Castro 1871 (eagle ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Alternative combination: Aetobatus poeyii

Belongs to Aetobatus according to M. Iturralde-Vinent et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Aetobatis marginalis, Aetobatis profundus, Aetobatis subarcuatus, Aetobatis sulcatus, Aetobatus aragonis, Aetobatus arcuatus, Aetobatus irregularis, Aetobatus narinari, Aetobatus omaliusi, Stoasodon perspicuus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fernandez de Castro (Miocene of Cuba)

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