Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Alternative combination: Aetobatus profundus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1867. An addition to the vertebrate fauna of the Miocene period, with a synopsis of the extinct Cetacea of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19(4):138-157
Belongs to Aetobatis according to E. D. Cope 1867
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Aetobatis marginalis, Aetobatis subarcuatus, Aetobatis sulcatus, Aetobatus aragonis, Aetobatus arcuatus, Aetobatus irregularis, Aetobatus narinari, Aetobatus omaliusi, Aetobatus poeyi, Stoasodon perspicuus
Type specimen: Its type locality is James T. Thomas estate, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Distribution: found only at James T. Thomas estate
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