Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Synonym: Rhizochlatridae Santos and Travassos 1960
Parent taxon: Myliobatoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Adegoke 1977, Ameghino 1901, Andrews 1906, Buchanan et al. 2007, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cantalice et al. 2025, Cappetta 1986, Cappetta 1987, Carnevale et al. 2014, Case 1979, Case 1981, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Cassier 1966, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, De Pasqua et al. 2025, dos Reis 2005, Eastman 1904, Ebersole et al. 2019, Hay 1902, Herman 1977, Jonet 1968, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Kriwet et al. 2007, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Landau et al. 2025, Leriche 1942, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Nelson et al. 2016, Popov et al. 2025, Purdy et al. 2001, Silva et al. 2002, Szabo et al. 2017, Tabuce et al. 2005, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Underwood 2006, Villafaña et al. 2020, Woodward 1889 and Woodward 1916
Sister taxa: Aetobatidae, Aturobatis, Dasyatidae, Gymnuridae, Hexatrygonidae, Mobulidae, Plesiobatidae, Potamotrygonidae, Rhinopteridae, Rhombodontidae, Urolophidae, Urotrygonidae, Zanobatidae
Subtaxa: Aetobatinae Aetomylaeus Aktaua Amtaaguar Apocopodon Brachyrhizodus Ceratopterina Garabatis Hypolophites Igdabatis Leidybatis Lophobatis Meridiania Mesobatis Myliobates Myliobatina Myliobatinae Myliobatis Palaeomyliobatis Palaeomyliobatis pirabensis Pseudaetobatus Pteromylaeus Rhizochlatrus Rhizochlatrus vidalis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Brazil (1), Ecuador (1), France (1), South Africa (1), Taiwan (1), United States (18: California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1), Australia (3), Chile (1), Colombia (1), Italy (3), Libya (1), Mexico (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), United States (4: California, Florida)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (2), Panama (1), United States (2: California, Florida)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Angola (1), Argentina (4), Australia (1), Austria (3), Belgium (1), Brazil (5), Brunei Darussalam (1), Chile (1), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (4), Czechia (1), Egypt (1), France (4), Germany (2), Hungary (1), India (7), Italy (1), Japan (4), Libya (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (1), Panama (6), Peru (10), Poland (2), Portugal (6), Saudi Arabia (2), Slovakia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Sri Lanka (2), United States (26: California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (4)
• Oligocene of Angola (3), Australia (2), Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (3), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), Pakistan (5), Peru (3), United States (5: California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Angola (7), Antarctica (1), Argentina (2), Australia (2), Belgium (3), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Chile (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (29), France (6), Germany (1), India (8), Italy (1), Jordan (1), Libya (2), Morocco (4), Namibia (1), the Netherlands (12), Niger (1), Nigeria (6), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (6), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), Spain (2), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (12), United States (50: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (3), Western Sahara (2)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Angola (4), Denmark (1), India (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Angola (13), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (5), France (5), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), Saudi Arabia (10), Togo (3), Ukraine (1), United States (11: Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Tertiary of United States (2: New Jersey)
• Cenozoic of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), France (1), India (12), Madagascar (1), Mali (1), Niger (4), Spain (5), United States (28: Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 497 collections including 684 occurrences