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Myliobatoidei
Taxonomy
Myliobatoidei was named by Compagno (1973). It is extant.
It was assigned to Myliobatiformes by Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Cicimurri et al. (2022), Ebersole et al. (2024), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Myliobatiformes by Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Cicimurri et al. (2022), Ebersole et al. (2024), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1973 | Myliobatoidei Compagno |
| 2016 | Myliobatoidei Nelson et al. p. 88 |
| 2019 | Myliobatoidei Ebersole et al. p. 112 |
| 2022 | Myliobatoidei Cicimurri et al. |
| 2024 | Myliobatoidei Ebersole et al. p. 11 |
| 2025 | Myliobatoidei Cicimurri et al. p. 54 |
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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.
Subor. Myliobatoidei Compagno 1973
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Fm. †Potamotrygonidae
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Invalid names: Aetobatidae Agassiz 1861 [empty], Hexatrygonidae [empty], Plesiobatidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 48.07000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Aturobatis aquensis (81179) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | France (Landes) | Aturobatis aquensis (161754) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | France (Landes) | Aturobatis aquensis (161753) | |
| Middle Eocene | Peru (Loreto) | Potamotrygon ucayalensis (176140) | |
| Priabonian | Western Sahara | Aturobatis sp. (96686) | |
| Priabonian - Rupelian | Peru (Loreto) | Potamotrygon ucayalensis (144474) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | Potamotrygon canaanorum (199561) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru (Loreto) | Potamotrygon sp. (176147) Potamotrygonidae indet. (176130) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Peru | Potamotrygon sp. (176149) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru | Potamotrygon sp. (176135) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru (Loreto) | Potamotrygonidae indet., Potamotrygon rajachloeae, Potamotrygon canaanorum (224007) | |
| Serravallian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Potamotrygonidae indet. (55599) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Peru | Potamotrygonidae indet., Potamotrygon motoro (176156) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Potamotrygonidae indet. (186683) Potamotrygonidae sp. (186639) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Potamotrygonidae indet. (55602) | |
| Tortonian | Peru | Potamotrygon motoro, Potamotrygon sp. (176133 176162) | |
| Hemphillian | Mexico | Myliobatoidei indet. (181304) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Potamotrygon sp. (122033) |