Rhinobatos hakelensis Cappetta 1980 (guitarfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1980. Les selaciens du Cretace superieur du Liban. II: Batoides. Palaeontolographica Abt. A 168(5-6):149-229

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

See also Cappetta 1980

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

Type specimen: MNHN 1946-17-272A & B. Its type locality is Haqil (MNHN collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate carbonate in Lebanon.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Haqil (MNHN collection)

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