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Mobulinae

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Mobulidae Gill
1963Mobulidae Jordan p. 605
1987Mobulidae Cappetta p. 175
2001Mobulidae Purdy et al. p. 96
2005Mobulidae Tabuce et al. p. 388
2009Mobulinae Cicimurri and Knight p. 639
2018Mobulidae Kent p. 130
2019Mobulinae Ebersole et al. p. 144
2022Mobulinae Cicimurri et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyMobulinae(Gill 1893)
subfamilyMobulinae(Gill 1893)

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.

Subfm. Mobulinae Gill 1893
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G. †Amamriabatis Adnet et al. 2020
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Amamriabatis heni Adnet et al. 2020
G. †Archaeomanta Herman 1979
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Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979
Archaeomanta priemi Herman 1979
G. †Brachioptilon Newman 1849
G. †Burnhamia Cappetta 1976
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Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889
Burnhamia fetahi Cappetta 1985
G. †Eomobula Herman et al. 1988
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Eomobula stehmanni Herman et al. 1988
G. †Eoplinthicus Cappetta and Stringer 2002
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Eoplinthicus yazooensis Cappetta and Stringer 2002
G. Manta Bancroft 1829 [manta]
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Manta fragilis Cappetta 1970
Manta unios Leidy 1876
G. Mobula Rafinesque 1810 [devil ray]
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Mobula auriculata Rafinesque 1810 [giant devil ray]
Mobula loupianensis Cappetta 1970
Mobula pectinata Capetta 1970
Invalid names: Apterurus Rafinesque 1810 [synonym], Cephalopterus Riso 1810 [synonym], Ceratobatis Boulenger 1897 [synonym], Dicerobatus Blainville 1816 [synonym], Pterocephalus Swainson 1838 [synonym]
G. †Paramobula Pfeil 1981
G. †Plinthicus Cope 1869
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Plinthicus stenodon Cope 1869
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the MN 13 or 66.00000 to 4.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Morocco Archaeomanta sp. (91362 214369 214372 214834)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Morocco Archaeomanta priemi (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Morocco Archaeomanta priemi (214839) Archaeomanta priemi, Burnhamia daviesi (214848)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Algeria Burnhamia sp., Archaeomanta priemi (232262)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco (Oued Zem) Archaeomanta priemi (35132)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Archaeomanta melenhorsti (214849) Archaeomanta melenhorsti, Burnhamia fetahi (116904 214847 214851) Archaeomanta sp. (71235) Burnhamia sp. 1 (214840) Burnhamia sp. 2 (158991) Burnhamia sp. 2, Archaeomanta melenhorsti (214841) Burnhamia sp. 3, Archaeomanta melenhorsti (214846 214850)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Antwerpen) Eomobula stehmanni (91361)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (South Carolina) Burnhamia daviesi (203258)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom Rhinoptera daviesi (85229)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Burnhamia daviesi (81179 209524)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Archaeomanta melenhorsti, Burnhamia daviesi (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) Archaeomanta melenhorsti, Burnhamia daviesi, Burnhamia fetahi (62890)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Ukraine (Crimea) Burnhamia sp., Archaeomanta melenhorsti (140018)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Uzbekistan Archaeomanta melenhorsti, Burnhamia daviesi (62573) Burnhamia sp. (45701 45702)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) Burnhamia sp. (120885)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Burnhamia sp. (13346)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Burnhamia sp., Archaeomanta melenhorsti (211009)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Archaeomanta melenhorsti, Burnhamia daviesi (41998) Archaeomanta sp., Burnhamia daviesi (41888) Burnhamia sp., Archaeomanta melenhorsti, Burnhamia daviesi (41989 41992) Burnhamia sp., Burnhamia daviesi (41994 41996)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal Burnhamia sp. (133429)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Morocco Eomobula stehmanni (91339)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo Burnhamia sp., Mobula sp., Archaeomanta melenhorsti (32991)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jordan Archaeomanta sp., Burnhamia sp. (65226)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Archaeomanta sp., Amamriabatis heni (173640)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Burnhamia daviesi (81266 209520) Eoplinthicus yazooensis (176944)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Archaeomanta sp., Burnhamia sp. (137579) Archaeomanta sp., Burnhamia sp., Eoplinthicus sp. (137550 137588) Burnhamia sp. (137563 137564 137569 137582) Burnhamia sp., Eoplinthicus sp. (137547 137548 137554 137556 137558 137573 137583) Eoplinthicus sp. (137546 137575 137586)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara Archaeomanta sp., Burnhamia sp., Mobula sp. (96686) Mobula sp. (96688)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Rhinoptera daviesi (73434)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) Mobula sp. (224900) Mobula sp., Plinthicus sp. (60444)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Plinthicus stenodon (71651)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Plinthicus stenodon (211540) Plinthicus stenodon, Mobula loupianensis, Paramobula fragilis (97550)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Colombia (La Guajira) Mobula sp. (182218)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama (Panama) Plinthicus sp. (159350)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Manta melanyae, Rhinoptera daviesi (71660)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) Mobula sp., Plinthicus stenodon (118106)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) Narcine sp. (42842)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Mobula sp., Plinthicus stenodon (48887)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Texas) Plinthicus stenodon (18614)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) Mobula sp. (77783)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Plinthicus stenodon (18587)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Plinthicus stenodon (79793)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Mobula sp. (52183)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gifu) Manta sp., Mobula sp. (161445)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Mobula sp. (187324) Plinthicus stenodon, Paramobula fragilis (126605)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ecuador Mobula sp. (204346)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Mobula loupianensis (162017)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Mobula sp. (217346)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Mobula munkiana (118105) Mobula munkiana, Mobula hypostoma (96700)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Mobula hypostoma, Mobula munkiana (160567)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ecuador Mobula sp. (204352)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Mobula spp. (191988 191989) Mobula thurstoni, Mobula tarapacana, Mobula spp. (191987 191998)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Manta sp., Mobula hypostoma, Mobula lorenzoizanoi (162678)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Mobula sp. (65955)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Manta sp., Mobula sp. (52582)