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
Subtaxa: Planodens Pucabatis Rhombodus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Morocco (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Belgium (2), Bolivia (3), the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Egypt (2), France (5), Germany (1), India (4), Israel (3), Jordan (5), Morocco (19), the Netherlands (3), Peru (1), Senegal (2), Spain (8), Syria (7), Ukraine (1), United States (32: Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 107 collections including 129 occurrences