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
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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