Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Full reference: K. Hatai, M. Murata, and K. Masuda. 1965. A sting ray and eagle ray from the Tatsunokuchi Formation (Pliocene) in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 57:34-37
Belongs to Myliobatis according to D. Nakai 2020
See also Hatai et al. 1965
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 sulcidens, Myliobatis tennicaudatus, Myliobatis tewarii, Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis vicomicanus, Myliobatis wurnoensis
Type specimen: IGPS 85998, a tooth. Its type locality is Tatsunokuchi gorge below the bridge, which is in a Zanclean marine horizon in the Tatsunokuchi Formation of Japan.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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