Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Full reference: J. Herman. 1977. Les sélaciens des terrains néocrétacés and paléocènes de Belgique and des contrées limitrophes. Eléments d'une biostratigraphie intercontinentale. Mémoires pour Servir a l'Explication des Cartes Géologiques et Minières de la Belgique 15:1-450
Belongs to Rhinobatos according to G. Guinot et al. 2012
See also Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Case 1975, Case 1981, Herman 1977 and Peng et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Rhinobatos auribatensis, Rhinobatos beurleni, Rhinobatos beurlini, Rhinobatos echavei, Rhinobatos hakelensis, Rhinobatos ibericus, Rhinobatos incertus, Rhinobatos incidens, Rhinobatos intermedius, Rhinobatos kiestensis, Rhinobatos ladoniaensis, Rhinobatos latus, Rhinobatos lobatus, Rhinobatos maronita, Rhinobatos obtusatus, Rhinobatos primarmatus, Rhinobatos rhinobatos, Rhinobatos sahnii, Rhinobatos seruensis, Rhinobatos steurbauti, Rhinobatos tenuirostris, Rhinobatos whitfieldi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lonzée, Namur, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine siliciclastic in the Glauconie de Lonzée Formation of Belgium
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Georgia collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), Canada (1: Alberta), France (2), Jordan (1), Sweden (1), United States (14: Delaware, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Wyoming)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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