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Aetobatus

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Aetobatus Blainville
1846Aetobates Richardson
1850Stoasodon Cantor
1858Goniobatis Agassiz
1859Aetobates Owen p. 119
1889Aetobatis Woodward p. 127
1894Aetobatus Gill p. 111
1894Aetobatis Jaekel p. 63
1902Aetobatus Hay p. 321
1906Aetobatis Andrews p. 319
1923Aetobatus Jordan and Hanibal
1926Aetobatis Leriche p. 387
1942Aetobatis Leriche p. 26
1946Aetobatis Casier p. 109
1946Stoasodon Rapp p. 511
1963Aetobatus Jordan p. 605
1963Goniobatis Jordan p. 605
1963Stoasodon Jordan p. 605
1966Aetobatis Cassier p. 96
1968Aetobatus Jonet p. 254
1981Aetobatus Case p. 72
1981Aetiobatis Thurmond and Jones p. 76
1987Aetobatus Cappetta p. 170
1998Aetobatus Iturralde-Vinent et al. p. 142
2001Aetobatus Purdy et al. p. 94
2002Aetobatus Sepkoski
2007Aetobatus Cahuzac et al. p. 30
2017Aetobatus Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2018Aetobatus Kent p. 128
2019Aetobatus Ebersole et al. p. 123
2020Aetobatus Villafaña et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyAetobatidaeAgassiz 1861
genusAetobatusBlainville 1816

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. Aetobatus Blainville 1816
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Aetobatis marginalis Dixon 1850
Aetobatis profundus Cope 1867
Aetobatis subarcuatus Agassiz 1843
Aetobatis sulcatus Agassiz 1835
Aetobatus aragonis Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843
Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Aetobatis arcuatus Agassiz 1843 [synonym], Aetobatis perspicuus Leidy 1855 [synonym]
Aetobatus narinari Euphrasen 1790
Aetobatus omaliusi Delfortrie 1872
Aetobatus omaliusi curtidens Delfortrie 1872
Aetobatus poeyi Fernandez de Castro 1871
Invalid names: Aetobates Richardson 1846 [synonym], Goniobatis Agassiz 1858 [synonym], Stoasodon Cantor 1850 [synonym]
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 Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (114 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) Aetobatis irregularis, Aetobatis arcuatus (84048)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (55255) Aetobatis irregularis (81880)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Aetobatis sp. (71633)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Senegal A. sp. (209379)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) A. irregularis (13299 185935)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Aetobatis sp. (81179)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) A. irregularis (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (3256 3257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) A. sp. (120885)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Aetobatis sp. (209521) A. sp., Aetobatis sp. (13346)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine A. sp. (211009)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Aetobatis irregularis (41888) A. irregularis (41996 41998) A. sp., A. irregularis (41989 41992 41994)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (New Jersey) Aetobatis irregularis (16411)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Egypt A. sp. (137540)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Uzbekistan A. irregularis (62573)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) A. sp. (140018)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Aetobatis sp. (81278 176944)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Aetobatis sp. (3534)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Libya A. sp. (49942)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Aetiobatis sp. (39892) Aetobatis sp. (42636)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Aetobatis sp. (61249)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Libya Aetobatis sp. (48077)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Aetobatis sp. (55251)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara A. irregularis (96686 96688)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Aetobatis sp. (96952) A. sp. (137556 137579 137583)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Egypt A. sp., A. irregularis (62468)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Aetobatis sp. (71975)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) A. arcuatus (175334)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Egypt A. sp. (187873)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (Balochistan) A. sp. (78520)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Gujarat) A. sp. (65798)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Slovakia A. arcuatus (47461)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Aetobatis sp. (71660)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) Aetiobatis sp. (42842)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) A. sp. (48887)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Sri Lanka A. sinhaleyus (13449)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (84062)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Cuba A. poeyi (221862)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) A. sp. (210593)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Gironde ) A. arcuatus, A. omaliusi (161755)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) A. sp. (77783)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Aetobatis sp. (18587)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia A. arcuatus (47026)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria (Meiseldorf) Aetobatis arcuatus (65418)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Portugal (Lisbon) A. arcuatus (36628)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (18518)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France A. arcuatus (187577)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) A. sp. (52183)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Sri Lanka (Puttalam) A. sinhaleyus (14149)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Region Centre) Aetobatis sp. (35441)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Netherlands Aetobatis arcuatus (45505)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France A. sp. (90354)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) A. sp. (79793)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria A. arcuatus (51002)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal Aetobatis arcuatus (65912)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France Aetobatis sp. (154318 154319)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) A. arcuatus (161210)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Costa Rica A. arcuatus (91357)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Orissa) A. irregularis (46365)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gifu) Aetobatis sp. (161445)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Aetobatis arcuatus (58983)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama A. narinari (160572)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Austria (Styria) A. arcuatus (161908)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Aetobatis arcuatus (71798) A. sp. (57700 126605)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (57782) A. arcuatus, Aetobatis profundus, Aetobatis arcuatus (55396)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Colon) A. narinari (160574 160583)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) A. arcuatus, Aetobatis sp., Aetobatis arcuatus (161996)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) A. arcuatus (161993)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium A. arcuatus (208831)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama A. arcuatus (24237) A. narinari (96700)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) A. sp. (152251)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Poland Aetobatis arcuatus (121515)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) A. narinari (160567)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Cuba A. arcuatus (221861)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Peru (Piura) A. sp. (162465)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Gujarat) Aetobatis sp. (87489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal Aetobatis arcuatus (56459)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Panama (Panama) A. sp. (191993 191995)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) A. arcuatus (162679)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) A. arcuatus (144596)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) A. sp. (18556)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal A. sp. (91423)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) A. sp. (179732)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) A. sp. (65955)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal A. sp. (65954)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya A. sp. (136597)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) A. sp. (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola A. sp. (154111)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aetobatis narinari (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) A. sp. (187584)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) A. narinari (20604 20613)