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: Myliobatidae according to M. Leriche 1942
See also Cappetta 1987, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cope 1869, Hay 1902, Kent 2018, Purdy et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aetobatinae, Aetomylaeus, Apocopodon, Brachyrhizodus, Ceratopterina, Garabatis, Igdabatis, Leidybatis, Meridiania, Mesobatis, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis, Promyliobatis, Pseudaetobatus, Pseudohypolophus, Pteromylaeus
Subtaxa: Plinthicus stenodon
Type: Plinthicus stenodon
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (1 collection), United States (5: New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (2: North Carolina, South Carolina)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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