Rhinobatos maronita Pictet and Humbert 1866 (guitarfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Alternative combination: Rhinobatus maronita

Synonyms: Rhinobatos grandis Davis 1887, Rhinobatus grandis Davis 1887

Full reference: F. J. Pictet and A. Humbert. 1866. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-115

Belongs to Rhinobatos according to P. M. Brito and D. B. Dutheil 2004

See also Cappetta 1980, Cappetta 1987, Davis 1887, Pictet and Humbert 1866 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Rhinobatos auribatensis, Rhinobatos beurleni, Rhinobatos beurlini, Rhinobatos casieri, Rhinobatos echavei, Rhinobatos hakelensis, Rhinobatos ibericus, Rhinobatos incertus, Rhinobatos incidens, Rhinobatos intermedius, Rhinobatos kiestensis, Rhinobatos ladoniaensis, Rhinobatos latus, Rhinobatos lobatus, Rhinobatos obtusatus, Rhinobatos primarmatus, Rhinobatos rhinobatos, Rhinobatos sahnii, Rhinobatos seruensis, Rhinobatos steurbauti, Rhinobatos tenuirostris, Rhinobatos whitfieldi

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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