Plinthicus Cope 1869 (eagle ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Description of some extinct fishes previously unknown. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:310-317

Parent taxon: Mobulinae according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022

See also Cappetta 1987, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cope 1869, Hay 1902, Kent 2018, Leriche 1942, Purdy et al. 2001, Rapp 1946 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amamriabatis, Archaeomanta, Brachioptilon, Burnhamia, Ceratoptera, Eomobula, Eoplinthicus, Manta, Mobula, Paramobula

Subtaxa: Plinthicus stenodon

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (1 collection), United States (5: New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of United States (4: North Carolina, South Carolina)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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