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Rhinobatoidea

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Rhinobatoidea is a superfamily.

It was assigned to Batoidei by Jonet (1968); and to Batoidea by Kumar and Loyal (1987).

Synonymy list
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YearName and author
1968Rhinobatoidea Jonet p. 239
1987Rhinobatoidea Kumar and Loyal p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
—Batoidea
superfamilyRhinobatoidea
superfamilyRhinobatoidea

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.

Superfm. †Rhinobatoidea
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G. †Cristomylus Kirkland et al. 2013
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†Cristomylus bulldogensis Kirkland et al. 2013
†Cristomylus cifellii Kirkland et al. 2013
†Cristomylus leptostemma Wynd et al. 2020
†Cristomylus nelsoni Kirkland et al. 2013
G. †Engaibatis Arratia et al. 2002
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†Engaibatis schultzei Arratia et al. 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-16 15:51:00
Modified: 2009-07-16 17:51:00
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 152.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Tanzania (Lindi) Engaibatis schultzei (53683)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) Cristomylus bulldogensis (14385)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Utah) Cristomylus bulldogensis (14414)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Utah) Rhinobatoidea indet. (14417)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Utah) Rhinobatoidea indet. (14413)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skåne) R. sp. 2 (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Götaland) Rhinobatoidea indet. 2 (102886)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Cristomylus cifellii (75840 75841)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skane) Rhinobatoidea indet. 1 (106411)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Rhinobatoidea indet. (98674)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Myledaphus sp. (61844)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Cristomylus sp. (167302)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Rhinobatoidea indet. (135743)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Cristomylus leptostemma (14549 144502)