†Oromobula Adnet et al. 2012 (stingray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Mobulidae
Full reference: S. Adnet, H. Cappetta, G. Guinot and G. Notarbartolo Sciara. 2012. Evolutionary history of the devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) from fossil and morphological inference. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166:132-159
Parent taxon: Mobulidae according to S. Adnet et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Amamriabatis, Archaeomanta, Argoubia, Brachioptilon, Burnhamia, Eomanta, Eoplinthicus, Mobula, Plinthicus
Subtaxa: Oromobula dakhlaensis
Type: Oromobula dakhlaensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Argoub, south B2 (Eocene of Western Sahara)
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