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Rhynchobatus
Taxonomy
Rhynchobatus was named by Müller and Henle (1837) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Rhinobatidae by Jaekel (1894); to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); to Rhinidae by Jordan (1963) and Villafaña et al. (2020); and to Rhynchobatidae by Jonet (1968), Cappetta (1987), Dica et al. (1996), Tabuce et al. (2005), Kent (2018), Adnet et al. (2020), Cicimurri et al. (2022) and Guinot et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Rhinobatidae by Jaekel (1894); to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); to Rhinidae by Jordan (1963) and Villafaña et al. (2020); and to Rhynchobatidae by Jonet (1968), Cappetta (1987), Dica et al. (1996), Tabuce et al. (2005), Kent (2018), Adnet et al. (2020), Cicimurri et al. (2022) and Guinot et al. (2023).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1837 | Rhynchobatus Müller and Henle |
| 1894 | Rhynchobatus Jaekel p. 63 |
| 1963 | Rhynchobatus Jordan p. 602 |
| 1968 | Rhynchobatus Jonet p. 236 |
| 1987 | Rhynchobatus Cappetta p. 134 |
| 1996 | Rhynchobatus Dica et al. p. 118 |
| 2002 | Rhynchobatus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Rhynchobatus Tabuce et al. p. 387 |
| 2018 | Rhynchobatus Kent p. 124 |
| 2020 | Rhynchobatus Adnet et al. p. 28 |
| 2020 | Rhynchobatus Villafaña et al. |
| 2022 | Rhynchobatus Cicimurri et al. |
| 2023 | Rhynchobatus Guinot et al. pp. 10-11 figs. 6A-B |
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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.
G. Rhynchobatus Müller and Henle 1837
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Rhynchobatus djiddensis Forsskål 1775
†Rhynchobatus laevis Schneider 1801
†Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877
†Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the MN 13 or 85.80000 to 4.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma
Collections (55 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Santonian | Jordan | R. sp. (62538) | |
| Ypresian | Senegal | R. sp. (209379) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | R. vincenti (3256 3257 3258) | |
| Lutetian | Senegal | R. sp. (209380) | |
| Lutetian | Morocco | R. sp. (91339) | |
| Lutetian | Togo | R. sp. (32991) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine | R. sp., R. bruxelliensis, R. vincenti (211009) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | R. vincenti (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Egypt | R. sp. (137536 137540) | |
| Middle Eocene | Ukraine (Crimea) | R. sp., R. bruxelliensis, R. vincenti (140018) | |
| Bartonian | Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) | R. vincenti (173640) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | R. sp. (137550 137551 137564 137568 137579 137582 137588) | |
| Priabonian | Romania | R. sp. (65135) | |
| Priabonian | USA (South Carolina) | R. pristinus (202014) | |
| Priabonian | Jordan | R. sp. (32899) | |
| Priabonian | Western Sahara | R. sp. (96686 96688) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Pakistan (Balochistan) | R. pristinus (78520) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Pakistan | R. pristinus (150337) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | R. pristinus (175334) | |
| Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | R. sp. (60444 224900) | |
| Chattian | USA (South Carolina) | R. pristinus (97550) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (North Carolina) | R. pristinus (71660) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela (Paraguana) | R. sp. (118106) | |
| Burdigalian | Pakistan (Balochistan) | R. sp. (77783) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Maryland) | R. pristinus (71807) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Bavaria) | R. sp. (210593) | |
| Burdigalian | Malta (Gozo) | R. pristinus (161385) | |
| Langhian | Austria (Styria) | R. pristinus (161909) | |
| Langhian | France | R. pristinus (90354) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Gifu) | R. sp. (161445) | |
| Serravallian | Portugal | R. sp. (54171) | |
| Badenian | Czech Republic (Mikulov) | R. pristinus (161993) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | R. luebberti, R. sp. (96700) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Panama (Panama) | R. sp. (191989) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | R. rudolffischeri, R. pristinus (162678) | |
| MN 9 | Portugal | R. sp. (65939) | |
| Messinian | Portugal | R. pristinus (91423) | |
| MN 13 | Portugal (Alvalade) | R. pristinus (65955) | |
| Zanclean | Libya | R. sp. (136597) |