Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Alternative combination: Zygobates studeri
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Belongs to Rhinoptera according to B. W. Kent 2018
See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Cappetta 1987, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Szabo et al. 2017 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Rhinoptera bonasus, Rhinoptera brasiliensis, Rhinoptera daviesii, Rhinoptera dubius, Rhinoptera maja, Rhinoptera marginata, Rhinoptera prisca, Rhinoptera raeburni, Rhinoptera rasilis, Rhinoptera schultzi, Rhinoptera sherboni, Rhinoptera sherborni, Rhinoptera smithi, Rhinoptera woodwardi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (3 collections), Costa Rica (1), Hungary (1), Portugal (3)
• Oligocene of Angola (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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