Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1876. Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:248-261
Parent taxon: Rhinobatidae according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Bourdon et al. 2011, Bryant 1989, Cappetta 1987, Case 1978, Estes 1964, Estes and Berberian 1970, Hay 1902, Pearson et al. 2002, Peng et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aellopos, Arthrobatis, Belemnobatis, Cyclarthrus, Demiurga, Eorhinobatos, Euryarthra, Glaucostegus, Isidobatus, Paratrygonorrhina, Platypterix, Pseudorhinobatos, Rhinobatos, Rhinobatus, Rhombopterygia, Rhynchobatis, Spathobatis, Squatinoraja, Syrrhina, Tarsistes, Terangabatis, Trygonorhina, Zapteryx
Subtaxa: Myledaphus bipartitus Myledaphus pustulosus
Type: Myledaphus bipartitus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: North Dakota collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (75: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Mexico (2), United States (154: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (2)
Total: 234 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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