Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1987. Handbook of Paleoichthyology: Chondrichthyes II Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii 1-193
Parent taxon: Myliobatoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1987, Kriwet et al. 2007, Noubhani and Cappetta 1994 and Underwood 2006
Sister taxa: Aetobatidae, Aturobatis, Dasyatidae, Gymnuridae, Hexatrygonidae, Mobulidae, Myliobatidae, Plesiobatidae, Potamotrygonidae, Rhinopteridae, Urolophidae, Urotrygonidae, Zanobatidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Morocco (1 collection), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Bolivia (3), France (5), India (4), Israel (3), Jordan (5), Morocco (19), the Netherlands (2), Peru (1), Spain (6), Syria (7), Ukraine (1), United States (29: Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 88 collections including 107 occurrences