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Pteromylaeus (bull ray)
Taxonomy
Pteromylaeus was named by Garman (1913). It is extant.
It was assigned to Myliobatidae by Jordan (1963), Purdy et al. (2001), Mane et al. (2003), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Kent (2018), De Pasqua et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Myliobatidae by Jordan (1963), Purdy et al. (2001), Mane et al. (2003), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Kent (2018), De Pasqua et al. (2025).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Pteromylaeus Garman |
| 1963 | Pteromylaeus Jordan p. 605 |
| 2001 | Pteromylaeus Purdy et al. p. 93 |
| 2003 | Pteromylaeus Mane et al. p. 46 |
| 2017 | Pteromylaeus Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
| 2018 | Pteromylaeus Kent p. 128 |
| 2025 | Pteromylaeus De Pasqua et al. p. 535 |
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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. Pteromylaeus Garman 1913 [bull ray]
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Pteromylaeus bovina Geoffroy St.-Hillaire 1817 [bull ray]
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Zanclean or 20.45000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Pteromylaeus sp. (48887) | |
| Burdigalian | Libya | Pteromylaeus sp. (276397) | |
| Burdigalian | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Pteromylaeus sp. (77783) | |
| Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | Pteromylaeus sp. (52183) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Pteromylaeus sp. (57700 126605 187324) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Portugal | Myliobatis bovina (56459) | |
| Messinian | Portugal | Pteromylaeus sp. (65954 91423) | |
| Messinian | Portugal (Alvalade) | Pteromylaeus sp. (65955) | |
| Messinian | USA (Virginia) | Pteromylaeus sp. (179732) | |
| Messinian | Angola | Pteromylaeus bovina (154111) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | Pteromylaeus sp. (276542) | |
| Zanclean | Libya | Pteromylaeus sp. (136597) | |
| Pliocene | Spain | Pteromylaeus sp., Pteromylaeus bovinus (91329) |