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Myliobatidae (eagle ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Taxonomy

Myliobatidae was named by Bonaparte (1838) [also attributed to Muller and Henle]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Masticura by Hay (1902); to Tectospondyli by Eastman (1904); to Selachii by Woodward (1889), Ameghino (1901), Andrews (1906) and Woodward (1916); to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942); to Masticura by Jordan (1963); to Dasyatiformes by Cassier (1966); to Myliobatoidea by Jonet (1968) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Dasyatoidei by Case (1979), Case (1981) and Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Rajiformes by Herman (1977) and Underwood (2006); to Myliobatoidea by Adegoke (1977), Cappetta (1986) and Kriwet et al. (2007); to Myliobatoidei by Nelson et al. (2016) and Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Myliobatiformes by Cappetta (1987), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Purdy et al. (2001), Silva et al. (2002), Tabuce et al. (2005), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Buchanan et al. (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Carnevale et al. (2014), Szabo et al. (2017), Kent (2018) and Villafaña et al. (2020).

Subtaxa

Aetobatinae, Apocopodon, Brachyrhizodus, Ceratopterina, Igdabatis, Leidybatis, Lophobatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Mobulinae, Myliobates, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis (syn. Palaeomyliobatis, Rhizochlatrus, Holorhinus), Pteromylaeus, Rhinopterinae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1838	Myliobatidae Bonaparte
1889	Myliobatidae Woodward p. 109
1901	Myliobatidae Ameghino p. 82
1902	Myliobatidae Hay p. 319
1904	Myliobatidae Eastman p. 73
1906	Myliobatidae Andrews p. 317
1916	Myliobatidae Woodward p. 19
1942	Myliobatidae Leriche p. 17
1963	Myliobatidae Jordan p. 605
1966	Myliobatidae Cassier p. 92
1968	Myliobatidae Jonet p. 253
1977	Myliobatidae Adegoke p. 298
1977	Myliobatidae Herman p. 283
1979	Myliobatidae Case p. 85
1981	Myliobatidae Case p. 71
1981	Myliobatidae Thurmond and Jones p. 75
1986	Myliobatidae Cappetta p. 187
1987	Myliobatidae Cappetta p. 170
1987	Myliobatidae Kumar and Loyal p. 68
1988	Myliobatidae Case and Schwimmer p. 295
1993	Myliobatidae Cvancara and Hoganson p. 11
2001	Myliobatidae Purdy et al. p. 93
2002	Myliobatidae Silva et al. p. 4
2005	Myliobatidae Tabuce et al. p. 387
2006	Myliobatidae Underwood p. 234
2007	Myliobatidae Buchanan et al. p. 35
2007	Myliobatidae Cahuzac et al. p. 28
2007	Myliobatidae Kriwet et al.
2009	Myliobatidae Cicimurri and Knight p. 639
2014	Myliobatidae Carnevale et al. p. 41
2016	Myliobatidae Nelson et al. p. 93
2017	Myliobatidae Szabo et al.
2018	Myliobatidae Kent p. 127
2019	Myliobatidae Ebersole et al. p. 123
2020	Myliobatidae Villafaña et al. p. 743

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes
subclass	Elasmobranchii	Bonaparte 1838
order	Myliobatiformes	Compagno 1973
family	Myliobatidae	Bonaparte 1838
family	Myliobatidae	Bonaparte 1838

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. Myliobatidae Bonaparte 1838 [eagle ray]

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G. †Apocopodon Cope 1885

†Apocopodon sericeus Cope 1885

G. †Brachyrhizodus Romer 1942

†Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Romer 1942

Tr. †Ceratopterina

G. †Dicerobatis

G. †Igdabatis Cappetta 1972

†Igdabatis indicus Prasad and Cappetta 1993

†Igdabatis sigmodon Cappetta 1972

G. †Leidybatis Cappetta 1986

†Leidybatis granulosus Cappetta 1986

†Leidybatis jugosus Leidy 1876

G. †Lophobatis Cappetta 1986

†Lophobatis phosphaticus Cappetta 1986

G. †Meridiania Case 1994

†Meridiania convexa Case 1994

G. †Mesobatis Leidy 1877

†Mesobatis eximius Leidy 1855

Subfm. Mobulinae Gill 1893

G. †Amamriabatis Adnet et al. 2020

†Amamriabatis heni Adnet et al. 2020

G. †Archaeomanta Herman 1979

†Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979

†Archaeomanta priemi Herman 1979

G. †Brachioptilon Newman 1849

G. †Burnhamia Cappetta 1976

†Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889

†Burnhamia fetahi Cappetta 1985

G. †Ceratoptera

G. †Eomobula Herman et al. 1988

†Eomobula stehmanni Herman et al. 1988

G. †Eoplinthicus Cappetta and Stringer 2002

†Eoplinthicus yazooensis Cappetta and Stringer 2002

G. Manta Bancroft 1829 [manta]

†Manta fragilis Cappetta 1970

†Manta unios Leidy 1876

G. Mobula Rafinesque 1810 [devil ray]

Mobula auriculata Rafinesque 1810 [giant devil ray]

†Mobula loupianensis Cappetta 1970

†Mobula pectinata Capetta 1970

Invalid names: Apterurus Rafinesque 1810 [synonym], Cephalopterus Riso 1810 [synonym], Ceratobatis Boulenger 1897 [synonym], Dicerobatus Blainville 1816 [synonym], Pterocephalus Swainson 1838 [synonym]

G. †Paramobula Pfeil 1981

G. †Plinthicus Cope 1869

†Plinthicus stenodon Cope 1869

†Myliobates acutus Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates americanus Bravard 1858

†Myliobates canaliculatus Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates dixoni Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates goniopleurus Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates gyratus Agassiz 1835

†Myliobates heteropleurus Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates jugalis Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates lateralis Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates marginalis Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates micropleurus Agassiz 1835

†Myliobates owenii Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates punctatus Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates regley Agassiz 1835

†Myliobates sternbergii Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates stokesii Agassiz 1843

†Myliobates suturalis Agassiz 1835

Subfm. Myliobatinae

G. Aetomylaeus Garman 1908

†Aetomylaeus cojimarensis Iturralde-Vinent et al. 1998

†Aetomylaeus cubensis Iturralde-Vinent et al. 1998

†Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843

Invalid names: Myliobates obesus Leidy 1855 [synonym], Myliobates rugosus Leidy 1855 [synonym], Myliobatis copeanus Clark 1895 [synonym], Myliobatis glottoides Cope 1870 [synonym], Myliobatis rectidens Cope 1870 [synonym]

†Aetomylaeus maculatus Gray 1832

†Aetomylaeus striatus Agassiz 1843

Invalid names: Myliobates serratus Leidy 1855 [synonym], Myliobates transversalis Gibbes 1850 [synonym], Myliobatis leidyi Hay 1899 [synonym]

G. †Pseudaetobatus Cappetta 1986

†Pseudaetobatus belli Cicimurri and Ebersole 2015

†Pseudaetobatus casieri Cappetta 1986

†Pseudaetobatus undulatus Cicimurri and Ebersole 2015

G. Myliobatis Cuvier 1816

†Myliobatis affinis Chapman and Cudmore 1924

†Myliobatis altus Davis 1888

†Myliobatis aquila Linnaeus 1758

†Myliobatis arcuatus Davis 1888

†Myliobatis bisulcus Marsh 1869

†Myliobatis bothriodon White 1926

†Myliobatis crassus Gervais 1852

†Myliobatis dimorphus Delfortrie 1872

†Myliobatis fastigiatus Leidy 1876

†Myliobatis faujasi Agassiz 1843

†Myliobatis foxhillsensis Hoganson et al. 2019

†Myliobatis frangens Eastman 1904

†Myliobatis funiculatus Delfortrie 1872

†Myliobatis gigas Cope 1868

†Myliobatis girondicus Pedroni 1844

†Myliobatis holmesii Gibbes 1849

†Myliobatis intermedius Dartevelle and Casier 1943

†Myliobatis kummeli Fowler 1911

Myliobatis latidens Woodward 1888

†Myliobatis leognanensis Delfortrie 1872

†Myliobatis magister Leidy 1876

†Myliobatis merriami Jordan and Beal 1910

†Myliobatis microrhizus Delfortrie 1872

†Myliobatis monnieri Cappetta 1986

†Myliobatis moorabbinensis Chapman and Pritchard 1907

†Myliobatis mordax Leidy 1877

†Myliobatis nzadinensis Dartevelle and Casier 1943

†Myliobatis oligocaena Leriche 1910

†Myliobatis pachyodon Cope 1868

†Myliobatis pachyrhizodus Fowler 1911

†Myliobatis plicatilis Davis 1888

†Myliobatis prenticei Chapman and Cudmore 1924

†Myliobatis raouxi Arambourg 1952

†Myliobatis sulcidens Dartevelle and Casier 1943

†Myliobatis tennicaudatus Hector 1877

Invalid names: Myliobatis australis Macleay 1881 [synonym]

†Myliobatis toliapicus Agassiz 1843

†Myliobatis vicomicanus Cope 1868

†Myliobatis wurnoensis White 1934

Invalid names: Holorhinus Gill 1862 [synonym], Palaeomyliobatis Silva et al. 1960 [synonym], Rhizochlatrus Silva et al. 1960 [synonym]

G. Pteromylaeus Garman 1913 [bull ray]

†Pteromylaeus bovinus Geoffroy St.-Hillaire 1817

Subfm. Rhinopterinae Jordan and Evermann 1896 [cow-nosed ray]

G. †Eorhinoptera Case et al. 2011

†Eorhinoptera grabdai Case et al. 2011

G. †Garabatis

†Garabatis atlasi Cappetta 1993

G. Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829 [cownose ray]

†Rhinoptera daviesii Woodward 1889

†Rhinoptera dubius Leidy 1855

†Rhinoptera maja Udovichenko and Nessov 1987

†Rhinoptera marginata Saint-Hilaire 1809

†Rhinoptera prisca Woodward 1907

†Rhinoptera raeburni White 1934

†Rhinoptera rasilis Bohm 1926

†Rhinoptera schultzi Hiden 1995

†Rhinoptera sherboni White 1926

†Rhinoptera sherborni White 1926

†Rhinoptera smithi Jordan and Beal 1910

†Rhinoptera studeri Agassiz 1843

†Rhinoptera woodwardi Agassiz 1843

Invalid names: Micromesus Gill 1865 [synonym], Mylorhina Gill 1865 [synonym], Trikeras Harless 1850 [synonym], Trycera Doderlein 1884 [synonym], Zygobatis Agassiz 1838 [synonym]

Invalid names: Aetobatinae [empty], Myliobates brongniarti Agassiz 1843 [nomen nudum], Myliobates nitidus Agassiz 1843 [nomen nudum], Myliobatina [empty]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available