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Pteromylaeus (bull ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Taxonomy
Pteromylaeus was named by Garman (1913). It is extant.

It was assigned to Myliobatidae by Jordan (1963), Purdy et al. (2001), Mane et al. (2003), Hastings and Dooley (2017) and Kent (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Pteromylaeus Garman
1963Pteromylaeus Jordan p. 605
2001Pteromylaeus Purdy et al. p. 93
2003Pteromylaeus Mane et al. p. 46
2017Pteromylaeus Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2018Pteromylaeus Kent p. 128

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
genusPteromylaeusGarman 1913

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. Pteromylaeus Garman 1913 [bull ray]
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Pteromylaeus bovinus Geoffroy St.-Hillaire 1817
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the MN 13 or 20.44000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Pteromylaeus sp. (48887)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) Pteromylaeus sp. (77783)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Pteromylaeus sp. (52183)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Pteromylaeus sp. (57700 126605 187324)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Pteromylaeus sp. (179732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Pteromylaeus sp. (91423)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Pteromylaeus sp. (65954)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Pteromylaeus sp. (65955)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Pteromylaeus sp. (136597)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Pteromylaeus bovina (154111)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain Pteromylaeus sp., Pteromylaeus bovinus (91329)