Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Alternative combination: Myliobates toliapicus
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Belongs to Myliobatis according to F. C. Cassier 1966
See also Agassiz 1843, Casier 1946, Leriche 1926 and White 1926
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 magister, 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 vicomicanus, Myliobatis wurnoensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Nigeria (4 collections), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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