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Pteromylaeus bovina (bull ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Taxonomy
Myliobatis bovina was named by Geoffroy St-Hillaire (1817). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pteromylaeus bovina by Antunes (1978); it was recombined as Pteromylaeus bovinus by Mane et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Myliobatis bovina Geoffroy St-Hillaire
1817Myliobatis bovina Geoffroy St.-Hillaire
1978Pteromylaeus bovina Antunes p. 73 figs. Pl 3, fig 96
2003Pteromylaeus bovinus Mane et al. p. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
RankNameAuthor
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
genusPteromylaeusGarman 1913
speciesbovina(Geoffroy St.-Hillaire 1817)

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.

Pteromylaeus bovina Geoffroy St.-Hillaire 1817 [bull ray]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Pliocene or 7.24600 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Portugal Myliobatis bovina (56459)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Angola Pteromylaeus bovina (154111)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain Pteromylaeus bovinus (91329)