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Aetobatidae
Taxonomy
Aetobatidae was named by Agassiz (1861). It is extant.
It was assigned to Myliobatoidei by van der Laan (2019), Ebersole et al. (2024); and to Myliobatiformes by Villafaña et al. (2020), Maisch IV et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Myliobatoidei by van der Laan (2019), Ebersole et al. (2024); and to Myliobatiformes by Villafaña et al. (2020), Maisch IV et al. (2025).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1861 | Aetobatidae Agassiz |
| 2019 | Aetobatidae van der Laan p. 45 |
| 2020 | Aetobatidae Villafaña et al. p. 742 |
| 2024 | Aetobatidae Ebersole et al. p. 11 |
| 2025 | Aetobatidae Maisch IV et al. p. 53 |
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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.
Fm. Aetobatidae Agassiz 1861
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G. Aetobatus Blainville 1816
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†Aetobatis arcuatus Agassiz 1843
†Aetobatis marginalis Dixon 1850
†Aetobatis profundus Cope 1867
†Aetobatis subarcuatus Agassiz 1843
†Aetobatis sulcatus Agassiz 1835
†Aetobatus aragonis Jordan and Hanibal 1923
†Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843
†Aetobatus cappettai Antunes and Balbino 2006
†Aetobatus narinari Euphrasen 1790 [spotted eagle ray]
†Aetobatus omaliusi Delfortrie 1872
†Aetobatus omaliusi curtidens Delfortrie 1872
†Aetobatus poeyi Fernandez de Castro 1871
Invalid names: Aetobates Richardson 1846 [synonym], Goniobatis Agassiz 1858 [synonym], Stoasodon Cantor 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.24000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (177 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleocene - Eocene | Angola (Cabinda) | Aetobatis arcuatus (275419) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Virginia) | Aetobatis irregularis, Aetobatis arcuatus (84048) | |
| Ypresian | Belgium | Aetobatus irregularis (276601 276602) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Virginia) | Aetobatus irregularis (15595) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Maryland) | Aetobatis arcuatus (55255) Aetobatis irregularis (81880) | |
| Ypresian | Spain | Aetobatis sp. (71633) | |
| Ypresian | Senegal | Aetobatus sp. (209379) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Aetobatus irregularis (13299 185935) | |
| Ypresian | Kyrgyzstan (Osh) | Aetobatis sp., Aetobatis irregularis (28490) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Aetobatis sp. (81179) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Aetobatus sp. (3256 3257) | |
| Lutetian | Congo-Kinshasa | Aetobatis irregularis (275438) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine (Luhansk) | Aetobatus sp. (120885) | |
| Lutetian | Belgium | Aetobatus irregularis (77613 242331) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine | Aetobatus sp. (211009) | |
| Lutetian | Angola (Cabinda) | Aetobatis irregularis (83988 242382 242405 275442) | |
| Lutetian | Russian Federation | Aetobatus sp. (234680 234684 234685 234686 234687) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Aetobatis sp. (209521) Aetobatus irregularis (13346) Aetobatus sp. (276540) | |
| Lutetian | USA (New Jersey) | Aetobatis irregularis (16411) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Aetobatis irregularis (41888) Aetobatus irregularis (41996 41998) Aetobatus sp., Aetobatus irregularis (41989 41992 41994) | |