†order Rhinopristiformes Last et al. 2016 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes

Parent taxon: Batomorphii according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019

See also Cantalice et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Enantiobatis, Rajiformes, Zanobatidae

Subtaxa: Atlantobatis Microbatis Pristidae Rhinidae Rhynchobatidae Sowibatos Tlalocbatos

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)

• Pliocene of Angola (1), Colombia (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), South Africa (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• MN 13 of Portugal (1)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of Australia (3), Austria (2), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (2), France (3), Germany (1), India (5), Japan (2), Malta (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (4), Peru (6), Portugal (7), Spain (1), United States (9: Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (4)

• Oligocene of Oman (1), Pakistan (2), Peru (1), United States (4: North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Australia (1), Egypt (33), Italy (1), Jordan (1), Libya (3), Morocco (1), Namibia (1), Nigeria (4), Peru (1), Romania (1), Senegal (2), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (11), United States (29: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (3)

• Tertiary of United States (2: New Jersey)

• Paleocene of Algeria (1), United States (2: Mississippi, South Carolina)

• Paleogene of Libya (1)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (3), Egypt (4), Jordan (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Niger (2), United States (3: New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota)

• Jurassic of Germany (1), Uruguay (1)

Total: 195 collections including 300 occurrences

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