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Rhinobatos casieri

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Taxonomy
Rhinobatos casieri was named by Herman (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lonzée, Namur, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine siliciclastic in the Glauconie de Lonzée Formation of Belgium.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Cappetta and Case (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. craddocki, R. lentiginosus, R. uvulatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Rhinobatos casieri Herman p. 25 figs. Pl 6, figs 22-25; text-fig 7A-C
1981Rhinobatos casieri Case p. 68
1987Rhinobatos casieri Cappetta p. 137
2001Rhinobatos casieri Peng et al. p. 8
2012Rhinobatos casieri Guinot et al. p. 453 figs. 3Q-S, 4A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRhinobatoideiFowler 1941
familyRhinobatidaeMüller and Henle 1837
genusRhinobatosLink 1790
speciescasieri

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.

†Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 85.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Belgium (Namur) Rhinobatos casieri (type locality: 51518)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Jordan Rhinobatos casieri (62538)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aisne) Rhinobatos casieri (213559)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skåne) Rhinobatos casieri (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Somme) Rhinobatos casieri (213565)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Rhinobatos casieri (128412)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Rhinobatos casieri (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium Rhinobatos casieri (82895)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Rhinobatos casieri (70268 70269 70451 70454 70455 70499)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Rhinobatos casieri (45561)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Rhinobatos casieri (79363)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Rhinobatos casieri (126600 126810)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Rhinobatos casieri (213744 213746)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Rhinobatos casieri (61807)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Rhinobatos casieri (73434)