Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. [Extinct Cetacea from the Miocene bed of Maryland]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia 20(3):159-160
Belongs to Myliobatis according to O. P. Hay 1902
See also Cope 1868
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 pachyrhizodus, Myliobatis plicatilis, Myliobatis prenticei, Myliobatis raouxi, Myliobatis sendaicus, Myliobatis sulcidens, Myliobatis tennicaudatus, Myliobatis tewarii, Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis vicomicanus, Myliobatis wurnoensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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