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, Aetomylaeus, Aktaua, Amtaaguar, Apocopodon, Brachyrhizodus, Ceratopterina, Garabatis, Hypolophites, Igdabatis, Leidybatis, Lophobatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Myliobates, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis, Palaeomyliobatis, Palaeomyliobatis pirabensis, Pseudaetobatus, Rhizochlatrus, Rhizochlatrus vidalis
Subtaxa: Pteromylaeus bovina
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection), Libya (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Angola (1), Egypt (1), France (7), Libya (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Portugal (4), United States (5: North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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