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Myliobatoidea

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Myliobatoidea was named as a superfamily.

It was reranked as the suborder Myliobatoidea by Thurmond and Jones (1981).

It was assigned to Rajoidei by Adegoke (1977); to Batoidea by Jonet (1968), Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Kumar and Loyal (1987); and to Myliobatiformes by Cappetta (1986), Cappetta (1987), Kriwet (2005) and Kriwet et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Myliobatoidea Jonet p. 247
1977Myliobatoidea Adegoke p. 298
1981Myliobatoidea Thurmond and Jones p. 72
1986Myliobatoidea Cappetta p. 187
1987Myliobatoidea Cappetta p. 170
1987Myliobatoidea Kumar and Loyal p. 67
2005Myliobatoidea Kriwet
2007Myliobatoidea Kriwet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyMyliobatoidea
superfamilyMyliobatoidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Myliobatoidea
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G. †Ixobatis Noubhani and Cappetta 1995
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Ixobatis mucronata Arambourg 1952
G. †Promyliobatis Jaekel 1894
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Promyliobatis gazolai de Zigno 1885
Fm. †Rhombodontidae Cappetta 1987
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G. †Pucabatis Cappetta 1975
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Pucabatis hoffstetteri Cappetta 1975
G. †Rhombodus Dames 1881
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Rhombodus andriesi Noubhani and Cappetta 1994
Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames 1881
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Invalid names: Rhombodus haasi Dartevelle and Casier 1943 [synonym]
Rhombodus ibericus Kriwet et al. 2007
Rhombodus levis Cappetta and Case 1975
Rhombodus meridionalis Arambourg 1952
Rhombodus microdon Arambourg 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Zanclean or 93.50000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Myliobatoidea indet. (58164 58179)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Georgia) Rhombodus levis (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Georgia) Rhombodus laevis (70720)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Rhombodus binkhorsti (128412) Rhombodus levis (57918)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel Rhombodus binkhorsti (35443 214863)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Charente-Maritime) Rhombodus carentonensis (161747)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Rhombodus levis (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain (Castilla y Leon) Rhombodus binkhorsti (28765)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Rhombodus laevis (14455) Rhombodus levis (32181)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Rhombodus carentonensis (61351)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Rhombodus carentonensis (61352 61353)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Rhombodus levis (126600 126810)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Rhombodus levis (79363)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Syria Rhombodus meridionalis (117850 117852 117853 117855) Rhombodus sp. (117854 117862) Rhombodus sp., Rhombodus meridionalis (117857)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Rhombodus laevis (221052) Rhombodus levis (14504 57916)
Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Peru (Amazonas) Pucabatis hoffstetteri (51672)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Rhombodus binkhorsti (83331)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Rhombodus levis (90926)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Rhombodus sp. (60397)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Rhombodus sp. 2, Rhombodus sp. (58100)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Bolivia Pucabatis hoffstetteri (229879) Rhombodus sp. (229877)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jordan Rhombodus binkhorsti (13366)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Myliobatoidea indet. 1, Myliobatoidea indet. 2, Rhombodus binkhorsti, Rhombodus meridionalis (214852) Myliobatoidea indet. 1, Myliobatoidea indet. 2, Rhombodus binkhorsti, Rhombodus meridionalis, Rhombodus microdon (116903) Myliobatoidea indet. 1, Myliobatoidea indet. 2, Rhombodus meridionalis (116901 214826) Rhombodus meridionalis (116902)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Israel Rhombodus binkhorsti (214864)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan Rhombodus binkhorsti (65222 65223)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Rhombodus levis (213744 213746 213747 213748)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Rhombodus ibericus (36731 76211)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Rhombodus levis (213587 213589)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Ukraine Rhombodus binkhorsti (142786)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Rhombodus binkhorsti (71488 215803 215804)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Ixobatis mucronata (214374) Myliobatoidea indet. 1, Myliobatoidea indet. 2, Rhombodus meridionalis, Rhombodus microdon, Ixobatis mucronata (214830) Rhombodus andriesi (214856) Rhombodus binkhorsti (123268) Rhombodus binkhorsti, Rhombodus microdon, Ixobatis mucronata (214368 214838) Rhombodus binkhorsti, Rhombodus microdon, Rhombodus andriesi (214857) Rhombodus binkhorsti, Rhombodus microdon, Rhombodus andriesi, Ixobatis mucronata (214375) Rhombodus meridionalis, Rhombodus microdon (213666) Rhombodus meridionalis, Rhombodus microdon, Ixobatis mucronata (213665) Rhombodus microdon (214828) Rhombodus microdon, Ixobatis mucronata (214831) Rhombodus microdus, Rhombodus binkhorsti, Ixobatis mucronata (99627)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Rhombodus levis (122240) Rhombodus sp. (153368)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Midi-Pyrénées) Rhombodus sp. (199535)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco (Chaouia-Ouardigha) Rhombodus binkhorsti (92203)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Batoidea indet. (36725)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Rhombodus binkhorsti (79362)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Pucabatis hoffstetteri (12855)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Rhombodus binckhorsti (3123)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco (Beni Mellal) Rhombodus microdon, Ixobatis mucronata (214842)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Rhombodus sp., Rhombodus binkhorsti (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan Myliobatoidea indet. (170239)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Rhombodus binkhorsti, Rhombodus laevis (61807)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) Rhombodus binkhorsti, Rhombodus andriesi (176782) Rhombodus sp., Rhombodus binkhorsti (213730)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Rhombodus levis (26819)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Morocco Ixobatis mucronata (214373)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Morocco Ixobatis mucronata (83311 137838 137839)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Morocco Rhombodus microdon (133217)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Rhombodus sp. (3113)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Verona) Promyliobatis gazolae (219837)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Promyliobatis gazolae (55239 94830)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) Myliobatoidea indet. (133687)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Myliobatoidea indet. (133690)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru Myliobatoidea indet. (167732)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru (Ica) Myliobatoidea indet. (100330)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Myliobatoidea indet. (52183)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Argentina (Entre Rios) Myliobatoidea indet. (55599)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Myliobatoidea indet. (50069 52202)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Myliobatoidea indet. (50068)