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Aetobatidae

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae

Taxonomy
Aetobatidae was named by Agassiz (1861). It is extant.

It was assigned to Myliobatiformes by Villafaña et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Aetobatidae Agassiz
2020Aetobatidae Villafaña et al. p. 742

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

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.

Fm. Aetobatidae Agassiz 1861
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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: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 55.8 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 - 47.8Senegal Aetobatus sp. (209379)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Aetobatis sp. (71633)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (55255) Aetobatis irregularis (81880)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Aetobatus irregularis (13299 185935)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Aetobatis sp. (81179)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Aetobatus irregularis (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Aetobatus sp. (3256 3257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (New Jersey) Aetobatis irregularis (16411)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Aetobatis irregularis (41888) Aetobatus irregularis (41996 41998) Aetobatus sp., Aetobatus irregularis (41989 41992 41994)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) Aetobatus sp. (120885)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Aetobatus sp. (211009)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Aetobatis sp. (209521) Aetobatus sp., Aetobatis sp. (13346)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Egypt Aetobatus sp. (137540)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Uzbekistan Aetobatus irregularis (62573)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Aetobatus sp. (140018)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Aetiobatis sp. (39892) Aetobatis sp. (42636)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Libya Aetobatus sp. (49942)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Aetobatis sp. (61249)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Aetobatis sp. (81278 176944)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Aetobatis sp. (3534)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Libya Aetobatis sp. (48077)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara Aetobatus irregularis (96686 96688)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Aetobatis sp. (96952) Aetobatus sp. (137556 137579 137583)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Aetobatis sp. (55251)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Aetobatis sp. (71975)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Egypt Aetobatus sp., Aetobatus irregularis (62468)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Egypt Aetobatus sp. (187873)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (Balochistan) Aetobatus sp. (78520)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Aetobatus arcuatus (175334)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Aetobatis sp. (71660)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Slovakia Aetobatus arcuatus (47461)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) Aetiobatis sp. (42842)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Aetobatus sp. (65798)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Aetobatus sp. (48887)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Cuba Aetobatus poeyi (221862)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (84062)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Sri Lanka Aetobatus sinhaleyus (13449)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria (Meiseldorf) Aetobatis arcuatus (65418)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Portugal (Lisbon) Aetobatus arcuatus (36628)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Aetobatus sp. (210593)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) Aetobatus sp. (77783)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Gironde ) Aetobatus arcuatus, Aetobatus omaliusi (161755)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Aetobatis sp. (18587)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Aetobatus arcuatus (47026)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (18518)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France Aetobatus arcuatus (187577)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Aetobatus sp. (79793)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Region Centre) Aetobatis sp. (35441)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Netherlands Aetobatis arcuatus (45505)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Aetobatus sp. (52183)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Sri Lanka (Puttalam) Aetobatus sinhaleyus (14149)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Aetobatus sp. (90354)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria Aetobatus arcuatus (51002)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal Aetobatis arcuatus (65912)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France Aetobatis sp. (154318 154319)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Costa Rica Aetobatus arcuatus (91357)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Orissa) Aetobatus irregularis (46365)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gifu) Aetobatis sp. (161445)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) Aetobatus arcuatus (161210)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Aetobatis arcuatus (57782) Aetobatus arcuatus, Aetobatis profundus, Aetobatis arcuatus (55396)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Austria (Styria) Aetobatus arcuatus (161908)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Aetobatis arcuatus (71798) Aetobatus sp. (57700 126605)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Colon) Aetobatus narinari (160574 160583)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Aetobatis arcuatus (58983)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama Aetobatus narinari (160572)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Aetobatus arcuatus (208831)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) Aetobatus arcuatus, Aetobatis sp., Aetobatis arcuatus (161996)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Aetobatus arcuatus (161993)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Aetobatus sp. (152251)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Aetobatus arcuatus (24237) Aetobatus narinari (96700)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Aetobatus narinari (160567)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Poland Aetobatis arcuatus (121515)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Aetobatus sp. (191993 191995)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Aetobatus arcuatus (162679)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Gujarat) Aetobatis sp. (87489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Peru (Piura) Aetobatus sp. (162465)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal Aetobatis arcuatus (56459)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Cuba Aetobatus arcuatus (221861)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Aetobatus sp. (18556)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) Aetobatus arcuatus (144596)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Aetobatus sp. (91423)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Aetobatus sp. (179732)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Aetobatus sp. (65955)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Aetobatus sp. (65954)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Aetobatus sp. (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Aetobatus sp. (136597)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Aetobatus sp. (154111)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Aetobatus sp. (187584)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Aetobatus narinari (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aetobatis narinari (34269)