Pteromylaeus Garman 1913 (bull ray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Parent taxon: Myliobatidae according to B. W. Kent 2018
See also Hastings and Dooley 2017, Jordan 1963, Mane et al. 2003 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Aetobatinae, Apocopodon, Brachyrhizodus, Ceratopterina, Igdabatis, Leidybatis, Lophobatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Mobulinae, Myliobates, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis, Rhinopterinae
Subtaxa: Pteromylaeus bovinus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Angola (1 collection), Libya (1), Spain (1)
• MN 13 of Portugal (2)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Portugal (1), United States (5: North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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