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Plinthicus
Taxonomy
Plinthicus was named by Cope (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 884].
It was assigned to Myliobatidae by Cope (1869), Hay (1902), Leriche (1942), Rapp (1946); to Rhinopteridae by Purdy et al. (2001); to Myliobatiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Rhinopterinae by Cicimurri and Knight (2009); to Mobulinae by Cicimurri et al. (2022); and to Mobulidae by Cappetta (1987), Kent (2018), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Myliobatidae by Cope (1869), Hay (1902), Leriche (1942), Rapp (1946); to Rhinopteridae by Purdy et al. (2001); to Myliobatiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Rhinopterinae by Cicimurri and Knight (2009); to Mobulinae by Cicimurri et al. (2022); and to Mobulidae by Cappetta (1987), Kent (2018), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
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