Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Full reference: R. d.a. Silva Santos. 1968. A paleoictiofauna da Formacao Santana - Euselachii. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 40(4):491-497
Belongs to Rhinobatos according to R. da. Silva Santos 1968
Sister taxa: Rhinobatos auribatensis, Rhinobatos beurlini, Rhinobatos casieri, Rhinobatos echavei, Rhinobatos hakelensis, Rhinobatos ibericus, Rhinobatos incertus, Rhinobatos incidens, Rhinobatos intermedius, Rhinobatos kiestensis, Rhinobatos ladoniaensis, Rhinobatos latus, Rhinobatos lobatus, Rhinobatos maronita, Rhinobatos obtusatus, Rhinobatos primarmatus, Rhinobatos rhinobatos, Rhinobatos sahnii, Rhinobatos seruensis, Rhinobatos steurbauti, Rhinobatos tenuirostris, Rhinobatos whitfieldi
Type specimen: No. 2510 D e V, a partial skeleton (lack anterior and posterior and lateral extremities). Its type locality is Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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