Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Full reference: A. S. Romer. 1942. Notes on certain American Paleozoic Fishes. American Journal of Science 240(3):216-228
Parent taxon: Myliobatidae according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2014
See also Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Case 1975, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Claeson et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aetobatinae, Apocopodon, Ceratopterina, Igdabatis, Leidybatis, Lophobatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Mobulinae, Myliobates, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis, Pteromylaeus, Rhinopterinae
Subtaxa: Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (1 collection), United States (22: Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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