COLLECTION NAME:
Fossil Fishes of Alabama
Record
Article Title:
“Aetobatus” Version 1
Authors:
Ebersole, Jun A.; Cicimurri, David J.; Stringer, Gary L.; Jacquemin, Stephen J.; Ciampaglio, Charles N.
Entry:
Entry 8.029
Volume:
Volume 4
Issue:
Issue 44
Chapter:
Chapter 4: Paleogene Fishes of Alabama
Version:
Version 1
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Myliobatiformes
Family:
Aetobatidae
Genus:
“Aetobatus”
Era:
Cenozoic
Period:
Paleogene
Citation:
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri, G.L. Stringer, S.J. Jacquemin, & C.N. Ciampaglio. 2025. Paleogene Fishes of Alabama: “Aetobatus” version 1. In: J.A. Ebersole (ed.), Fossil Fishes of Alabama. McWane Science Center, Birmingham, Alabama 4(44):1–5. https://doi.org/10.…
References Cited:
Agassiz, L. 1843. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, 15th and 16th livraisons (March 1843). Jent and Gassmann, Soleure (text) and H. Nicolet (plates), Neuchâtel, vol. 3. Pages 157–390.
Blainville, H.M.D. de. 1816. Prodrome d’une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 8:105–124.
Bonaparte, C.L. 1838. Selachorum tabula analytica. Nuovi Annali della Science Naturali Bologna 1(2):195–214.
Cappetta, H. 1980. Les Sélaciens du Crétacé supérieur du Liban. II. Batoïdes. Palaeontographica Abt. A 168(5–6):149–229.
Cappetta, H. 2012. Chondrichthyes Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Pages 1–512. In: H.-P. Schultze (editor). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Volume 3E. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Münchin.
Cappetta, H. & Case, G.R. 2016. A selachian fauna from the middle Eocene (Lutetian, Lisbon Formation) of Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama, USA. Palaeontographica Abt. A 307(1–6):43–103.
Cicimurri, D.J. & J.A. Ebersole. 2015. Two new species of Pseudaetobatus Cappetta, 1986 (Batoidei: Myliobatidae) from the southeastern United States. Palaeontologia Electronica 18.1.15A:1–17. https://doi.org/10.…
Clayton, A.A., C.N. Ciampaglio & D.J. Cicimurri. 2013. An inquiry into the stratigraphic occurrence of a Claibornian (Eocene) vertebrate fauna from Covington County, Alabama. Bulletin Alabama Museum of Natural History 31:60–73.
Compagno, L.J.V. 1973. Interrelationships of living elasmobranchs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 53(Supplement 1):15–61.
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri, L.M. Stallworth & A.D. Gentry. 2024. Preliminary report on the fishes (Chondrichthyes & Teleostei) from the lower Oligocene (Rupelian) Red Bluff Clay at site AMo-9, Monroe County, Alabama, USA. Palaeovertebrata. https://doi.org/10.…
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri & G.L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1–274. https://doi.org/10.…
Ebersole, J.A., S.M. Ebersole & D.J. Cicimurri. 2017. The occurrence of early Pleistocene marine fish remains from the Gulf Coast of Mobile County, Alabama, USA. Palaeodiversity 10(1):97–115. https://doi.org/10.…
Feldmann, R.M. & R.W. Portell. 2007. First report of Costacopluma Collins and Morris, 1975 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Retroplumidae) from the Eocene of Alabama, U.S.A. Journal of Crustacean Biology 27(1):90–96.
Hay, O.P. 1902. Bibliography and catalogue of the fossil vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1–868. https://doi.org/10.…
Holman, J. A. & G. R. Case. 1988. Reptiles from the Eocene Tallahatta Formation of Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):328–333. https://doi.org/10.…
Hovestadt D.C. & M. Hovestadt-Euler. 2013. Generic assessment and reallocation of Cenozoic Myliobatinae based on new information of tooth, tooth plate and caudal spine morphology of extant taxa. Palaeontos 24:1–66.
Huxley, T.H. 1880. On the application of the laws of evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880:649–662.
Nelson, J.S., T.C. Grande & M.V.H. Wilson. 2016. Fishes of the World, 5th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 707 pages.
Thurmond, J.T. & D.E. Jones. 1981. Fossil vertebrates of Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 244 pages.
Villalobos-Segura, E. & C.J. Underwood. 2020. Radiation and divergence times of Batoidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40(3):e1777147. https://doi.org/10.…
White, W.T. & G.J.P. Naylor. 2016. Resurrection of the family Aetobatidae (Myliobatiformes) for the pelagic eagle rays, genus Aetobatus. Zootaxa 4139(3):435–438. https://doi.org/10.…
Blainville, H.M.D. de. 1816. Prodrome d’une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 8:105–124.
Bonaparte, C.L. 1838. Selachorum tabula analytica. Nuovi Annali della Science Naturali Bologna 1(2):195–214.
Cappetta, H. 1980. Les Sélaciens du Crétacé supérieur du Liban. II. Batoïdes. Palaeontographica Abt. A 168(5–6):149–229.
Cappetta, H. 2012. Chondrichthyes Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Pages 1–512. In: H.-P. Schultze (editor). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Volume 3E. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Münchin.
Cappetta, H. & Case, G.R. 2016. A selachian fauna from the middle Eocene (Lutetian, Lisbon Formation) of Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama, USA. Palaeontographica Abt. A 307(1–6):43–103.
Cicimurri, D.J. & J.A. Ebersole. 2015. Two new species of Pseudaetobatus Cappetta, 1986 (Batoidei: Myliobatidae) from the southeastern United States. Palaeontologia Electronica 18.1.15A:1–17. https://doi.org/10.…
Clayton, A.A., C.N. Ciampaglio & D.J. Cicimurri. 2013. An inquiry into the stratigraphic occurrence of a Claibornian (Eocene) vertebrate fauna from Covington County, Alabama. Bulletin Alabama Museum of Natural History 31:60–73.
Compagno, L.J.V. 1973. Interrelationships of living elasmobranchs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 53(Supplement 1):15–61.
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri, L.M. Stallworth & A.D. Gentry. 2024. Preliminary report on the fishes (Chondrichthyes & Teleostei) from the lower Oligocene (Rupelian) Red Bluff Clay at site AMo-9, Monroe County, Alabama, USA. Palaeovertebrata. https://doi.org/10.…
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri & G.L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1–274. https://doi.org/10.…
Ebersole, J.A., S.M. Ebersole & D.J. Cicimurri. 2017. The occurrence of early Pleistocene marine fish remains from the Gulf Coast of Mobile County, Alabama, USA. Palaeodiversity 10(1):97–115. https://doi.org/10.…
Feldmann, R.M. & R.W. Portell. 2007. First report of Costacopluma Collins and Morris, 1975 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Retroplumidae) from the Eocene of Alabama, U.S.A. Journal of Crustacean Biology 27(1):90–96.
Hay, O.P. 1902. Bibliography and catalogue of the fossil vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1–868. https://doi.org/10.…
Holman, J. A. & G. R. Case. 1988. Reptiles from the Eocene Tallahatta Formation of Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):328–333. https://doi.org/10.…
Hovestadt D.C. & M. Hovestadt-Euler. 2013. Generic assessment and reallocation of Cenozoic Myliobatinae based on new information of tooth, tooth plate and caudal spine morphology of extant taxa. Palaeontos 24:1–66.
Huxley, T.H. 1880. On the application of the laws of evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880:649–662.
Nelson, J.S., T.C. Grande & M.V.H. Wilson. 2016. Fishes of the World, 5th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 707 pages.
Thurmond, J.T. & D.E. Jones. 1981. Fossil vertebrates of Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 244 pages.
Villalobos-Segura, E. & C.J. Underwood. 2020. Radiation and divergence times of Batoidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40(3):e1777147. https://doi.org/10.…
White, W.T. & G.J.P. Naylor. 2016. Resurrection of the family Aetobatidae (Myliobatiformes) for the pelagic eagle rays, genus Aetobatus. Zootaxa 4139(3):435–438. https://doi.org/10.…