Myliobatis magister Leidy 1876 (eagle ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Alternative combination: Myliobates magister

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1876. Remarks on fossils of the Ashley Phosphate Beds. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1876:86-87

Belongs to Myliobatis according to M. Leriche 1942

See also Leidy 1876 and Rapp 1946

Sister taxa: Myliobatis affinis, Myliobatis altus, Myliobatis aquila, Myliobatis arcuatus, Myliobatis bisulcus, Myliobatis bothriodon, Myliobatis crassus, Myliobatis dimorphus, Myliobatis fastigiatus, Myliobatis faujasi, Myliobatis foxhillsensis, Myliobatis frangens, Myliobatis funiculatus, Myliobatis gigas, Myliobatis girondicus, Myliobatis holmesii, Myliobatis intermedius, Myliobatis kummeli, Myliobatis latidens, Myliobatis leognanensis, Myliobatis merriami, Myliobatis microrhizus, Myliobatis monnieri, Myliobatis moorabbinensis, Myliobatis mordax, Myliobatis nzadinensis, Myliobatis oligocaena, Myliobatis pachyodon, Myliobatis pachyrhizodus, Myliobatis plicatilis, Myliobatis prenticei, Myliobatis raouxi, Myliobatis sulcidens, Myliobatis tennicaudatus, Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis vicomicanus, Myliobatis wurnoensis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)

• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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