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Aetomylaeus
Taxonomy
Aetomylaeus was named by Garman (1908) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Myliobatiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myliobatinae by Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Myliobatidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta (1987), Iturralde-Vinent et al. (1998), Maisch et al. (2014), Szabo et al. (2017), Cicimurri et al. (2025), Cantalice et al. (2025), Popov et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Myliobatiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myliobatinae by Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Myliobatidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta (1987), Iturralde-Vinent et al. (1998), Maisch et al. (2014), Szabo et al. (2017), Cicimurri et al. (2025), Cantalice et al. (2025), Popov et al. (2025).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1908 | Aetomylaeus Garman |
| 1963 | Aetomylaeus Jordan p. 605 |
| 1987 | Aetomylaeus Cappetta p. 171 |
| 1998 | Aetomylaeus Iturralde-Vinent et al. p. 137 |
| 2002 | Aetomylaeus Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Aetomylaeus Maisch et al. p. 193 |
| 2017 | Aetomylaeus Szabo et al. |
| 2019 | Aetomylaeus Ebersole et al. p. 125 |
| 2025 | Aetomylaeus Cantalice et al. p. 17 |
| 2025 | Aetomylaeus Cicimurri et al. p. 66 |
| 2025 | Aetomylaeus Popov et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Aetomylaeus Garman 1908
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†Aetomylaeus cojimarensis Iturralde-Vinent et al. 1998
†Aetomylaeus cubensis Iturralde-Vinent et al. 1998
†Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Myliobates obesus Leidy 1855 [synonym], Myliobates rugosus Leidy 1855 [synonym], Myliobatis copeanus Clark 1895 [synonym], Myliobatis glottoides Cope 1870 [synonym], Myliobatis rectidens Cope 1870 [synonym]
†Aetomylaeus maculatus Gray 1832
†Aetomylaeus striatus Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Myliobates serratus Leidy 1855 [synonym], Myliobates transversalis Gibbes 1850 [synonym], Myliobatis leidyi Hay 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Hemphillian or 83.60000 to 4.70000 Ma
Collections (68 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campanian | USA (Maryland) | Myliobatis obesus (127194) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Myliobatis leidyi (26819) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Virginia) | Myliobatis dixoni (84047) Myliobatis dixoni, Myliobatis copeanus (84049) | |
| Paleocene | Saudi Arabia (Makkah) | Myliobatis dixoni (140956 140957 140962 140963 140964 140966 140968 140969 140971 140972) | |
| Paleocene | Brazil | Myliobatis dixoni (91356) | |
| Tertiary | USA (New Jersey) | Myliobates rugosus (84044) Myliobatis striatus (84019) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Virginia) | Myliobatis dixoni, Myliobatis copeanus (84048) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Mississippi) | Myliobatis dixoni (62872) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Maryland) | Myliobatis dixoni (84046) | |
| Thanetian | Algeria | A. dixoni, A. striatus (232262) | |
| Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | Myliobatis obesus (3113) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Maryland) | Myliobatis copeanus (124191) Myliobatis dixoni, Myliobatis copeanus (84045) | |
| Thanetian | Ukraine (Crimea) | Myliobatis dixoni (208954) | |
| Thanetian | Togo | A. sp. (241258) A. sp., Myliobatis dixoni (61561) Myliobatis dixoni, Myliobatis striatus (167948) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | Myliobatis dixoni (62890) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Myliobatis dixoni (13299) | |
| Ypresian | Senegal | A. sp. (209379) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | A. sp. (81179 209524) | |
| Eocene | USA (Virginia) | Myliobatis copeanus (127179) | |
| Eocene | USA (New Jersey) | Myliobates obesus, Myliobates serratus (84050) Myliobatis rectidens (84043) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | A. sp., Myliobatis dixoni, Myliobatis striatus (15595) | |
| Lutetian | Togo | Myliobatis dixoni (32991) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | A. sp. (81238 209523) Myliobatis dixoni (13346) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Myliobatis dixoni, Myliobatis striatus (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998) | |
| Lutetian | Nigeria | Myliobatis dixoni, Myliobatis striatus (60711) | |
| Bartonian | USA (New Jersey) | Myliobatis glottoides (84022) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | A. sp. (81266 176944 205834 209520) | |
| Bartonian | Nigeria | Myliobatis dixoni, Myliobatis striatus (32905) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Germany | Myliobatis dixoni (46086) | |
| Priabonian | USA (South Carolina) | A. sp. (202013 202014) | |
| Priabonian | Namibia (Sperrgebiet) | Myliobatis dixoni (149316) | |
| MP 22 | Germany | Myliobatis serratus (46097) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | Myliobatis serratus (46098) | |
| Chattian | USA (Mississippi) | A. sp. (133111) | |
| Aquitanian | Hungary (Esztergom) | A. sp. (186636) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Cuba | A. cojimarensis (91132) | |
| Langhian | Austria (Styria) | A. sp. (161934) | |
| Tortonian | Venezuela | A. sp. (200110) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Cuba | A. cubensis (221860) | |
| Hemphillian | Mexico (Yucatan) | A. sp. (58451) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | A. bovinus (204946) |