Rhombopterygia rajoides Cappetta 1980 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhinobatidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1980. Les sélaciens du Crétacé supérieur du Liban. II. Batoïdes. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 168:149-229

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

See also Cappetta 1987

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN 1961-29-195 A & B. Its type locality is Hadjoula (MNHN collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Sannine Limestone Formation of Lebanon.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hadjoula (MNHN collection)

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