Rhinobatos Link 1790 (guitarfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Parent taxon: Rhinobatidae according to G. Guinot et al. 2023

See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1975, Cappetta 1980, Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Case 1981, Case et al. 2015, Case et al. 1990, Cicimurri 2003, Corral et al. 2016, Dica et al. 1996, Ebersole et al. 2019, Everhart 2007, Goodwin et al. 1999, Guinot et al. 2012, Herman 1977, Jordan 1963, Kriwet 1999, Kriwet et al. 2009, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Maisch et al. 2021, Peng et al. 2001, Purdy et al. 2001, Rana et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Shimada et al. 2006, Tabuce et al. 2005 and Zalmout and Mustafa 2001

Sister taxa: Aellopos, Arthrobatis, Belemnobatis, Cyclarthrus, Demiurga, Eorhinobatos, Euryarthra, Glaucostegus, Isidobatus, Myledaphus, Paratrygonorrhina, Platypterix, Pseudorhinobatos, Rhinobatus, Rhombopterygia, Rhynchobatis, Spathobatis, Squatinoraja, Syrrhina, Tarsistes, Terangabatis, Trygonorhina, Zapteryx

Subtaxa: Rhinobatos auribatensis Rhinobatos beurleni 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

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)

• Pliocene of Italy (1), Libya (1), United States (1: South Carolina)

• MN 13 of Portugal (2)

• Miocene of France (1), Portugal (1), United States (3: North Carolina, Virginia)

• Oligocene of Pakistan (1)

• Eocene of Egypt (2), France (1), India (2), Jordan (2), Morocco (1), Senegal (3), Togo (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (8: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (2)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Saudi Arabia (1)

• Paleocene of Morocco (2), Niger (1), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), Brazil (1), Canada (5: Alberta, Saskatchewan), France (10), Germany (1), Israel (2), Italy (1), Jordan (3), Kazakhstan (1), Lebanon (8), Mexico (1), Morocco (4), Spain (4), Sweden (3), Syria (5), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (35: Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1)

Total: 139 collections including 165 occurrences

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