Myliobatis tewarii Misra 1980 (eagle ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Full reference: V. P. Misra. 1980. A new species of Myliobatis and some shark teeth from the Middle Eocene of Kutch, Western India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 23-24:81-85

Belongs to Myliobatis according to V. P. Misra 1980

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 monnieri, 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 toliapicus, Myliobatis vicomicanus, Myliobatis wurnoensis

Type specimen: LUVP 11078, a set of teeth

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at L.U. 2003, Harudi (Eocene of India)

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