Pteromylaeus Garman 1913 (bull ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Parent taxon: Myliobatidae according to J. J. De Pasqua et al. 2025

See also Hastings and Dooley 2017, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Mane et al. 2003 and Purdy et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Aetobatinae, Aetobatus, Aetomylaeus, Aktaua, Amtaaguar, Apocopodon, Brachyrhizodus, Ceratopterina, Garabatis, Hypolophites, Igdabatis, Leidybatis, Lophobatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Myliobates, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis, Pseudaetobatus, Rhizochlatrus

Subtaxa: Pteromylaeus bovinus

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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

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