Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390

Belongs to Aetobatus according to B. W. Kent 2018

Sister taxa: Aetobatis marginalis, Aetobatis profundus, Aetobatis subarcuatus, Aetobatis sulcatus, Aetobatus aragonis, Aetobatus irregularis, Aetobatus narinari, Aetobatus omaliusi, Aetobatus poeyi, Stoasodon perspicuus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1 collection)

• Miocene of Austria (2), Belgium (1), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), the Netherlands (1), Panama (1), Portugal (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (2), United States (1: Maryland), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Oman (1)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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