Rhinobatos hakelensis 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 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 craddocki, Rhinobatos echavei, Rhinobatos ibericus, Rhinobatos incertus, Rhinobatos incidens, Rhinobatos intermedius, Rhinobatos kiestensis, Rhinobatos ladoniaensis, Rhinobatos latus, Rhinobatos lobatus, Rhinobatos mariannae, Rhinobatos maronita, Rhinobatos obtusatus, Rhinobatos primarmatus, Rhinobatos productus, Rhinobatos rhinobatos, Rhinobatos sahnii, Rhinobatos seruensis, Rhinobatos tenuirostris, Rhinobatos uvulatus, Rhinobatos whitfieldi

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Haqel (MNHN collection)

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