Rhynchobatus Müller and Henle 1837 (wedgefish)

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae

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

See also Adnet et al. 2020, Cappetta 1987, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Dica et al. 1996, Jaekel 1894, Jonet 1968, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Sepkoski 2002, Tabuce et al. 2005 and Villafaña et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Rhynchobatus djiddensis Rhynchobatus laevis Rhynchobatus pristinus Rhynchobatus vincenti

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Libya (1 collection)

• MN 13 of Portugal (1)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), Portugal (3), United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Oman (1), Pakistan (2), United States (3: South Carolina)

• Eocene of Egypt (9), Jordan (1), Morocco (1), Romania (1), Senegal (2), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: South Carolina), Western Sahara (2)

• Cretaceous of Jordan (1)

Total: 55 collections including 61 occurrences

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