†Plinthicus stenodon Cope 1869 (eagle ray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Description of some extinct fishes previously unknown. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:310-317
Belongs to Plinthicus according to B. W. Kent 2018
See also Cappetta 1987, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Hay 1902, Leriche 1942, Purdy et al. 2001 and Rapp 1946
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia collections), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (3: North Carolina, South Carolina)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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