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Promyliobatis

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Promyliobatis was named by Jaekel (1894).

It was synonymized subjectively with Myliobatis by Cappetta (1987); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Myliobatidae by Carnevale et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Myliobatidae by Marramà et al. (2018); and to Myliobatoidea by Marramà et al. (2019).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Promyliobatis Jaekel p. 152
2018Promyliobatis Marramà et al. p. 287
2019Promyliobatis Marramà et al. p. 3

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

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.

G. †Promyliobatis Jaekel 1894
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Promyliobatis gazolai de Zigno 1885
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Marramà et al. 2019A pelagic stingray unique in having the following characters: tail sting origin displaced posteriorly on the tail, at about 50–60% of tail length (vs. proximally on the tail and just posterior to the pelvic fins in other pelagic stingrays), pectoral fins joining in front of the head (vs. join the head laterally in other pelagic stingrays), anterior and posterior pectoral-fin margins nearly straight (vs. concave or convex in other pelagic stingrays), compagibus laminam absent (vs. present or poorly developed in other pelagic stingrays), mesopterygium as a single element (vs. fragmented or fused to scapulocoracoid in other pelagic stingrays). Moreover, Promyliobatis is characterized by a combination of plesiomorphic traits, including: anterior margin of cephalic lobes continuous (vs. single with an indentation in the Aetobatidae, and completely separated in two distinct cephalic fins in both the Rhinopteridae and Mobuli- dae); continuity of pectoral-rostral radials (vs. interrupted in all the other genera, except in Myliobatis); rostral radials less developed than pectoral radials (vs. equally developed in Myliobatis); pelvic girdle almost straight or slightly bent (vs. strongly bent in the Aetobatidae, Rhinopteridae and Mobulidae); median prepelvic process absent (vs. present in the Rhinopteridae and Mobulidae); crushing/grinding pavement-like dentition formed by interlocked expanded teeth (vs. small individual peg-like teeth in the Mobulidae); about 218 vertebrae (of which 20–22 are monospondylous and 148 are diplospondylous anterior to the sting, and 50 diplospondylous posterior to the sting); about 87 pectoral radials (excluding rostrals) of which 35 are propterygial, 10–12 mesopterygial, and 40 metapterygial; 22 or 23 pelvic radials; one row of hex- agonal and mesio-distally enlarged symphyseal teeth (width/length ratio 3.6–4.5), two rows of hexagonal or rhomboidal lateral teeth, and a single row of posterior teeth in both the upper and lower plates.
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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy P. gazolae (55239 94830)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Verona) P. gazolae (219837)