Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Rajidae according to J. A. Villafaña et al. 2020
See also Bendix-Almgreen 1983, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1980, Cappetta 1987, Casier 1946, Cassier 1966, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Eastman 1904, Hay 1902, Jaekel 1894, Jonet 1968, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Welton 2015 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Actinobatis, Amblyraja, Batis, Beringraja, Cephaleutherus, Dactylobatus, Dasybatus, Dipturus, Hieroptera, Laeviraja, Leucoraja, Malacorhina, Nebriimimus, Pararaja, Platopterus, Propterygia, Psammobatis, Rajinae, Sympterygia, Uraptera, Walteraja
Subtaxa: Raja antiqua Raja batis Raja casieri Raja ceciliae Raja clavata Raja davisi Raja fallax Raja gentili Raja harrisae Raja heinzelini Raja louisi Raja marandati Raja mccollumi Raja michauxi Raja olisiponensis Raja praeclavata Raja primarmata Raja similis Raja sudhakari Raja terhagenensis Raja texana
Type: Raja batis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (7: California, Oregon, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Argentina (2), the Netherlands (2), United States (2: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• MN 13 of Portugal (2)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (1), Germany (1), India (2), Japan (1), Malta (1), the Netherlands (4), Panama (1), Poland (1), Portugal (2), South Africa (1), United States (6: California, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Germany (3), United States (3: South Carolina)
• Eocene of France (2), Ukraine (1), United States (4: Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, Texas)
• Paleocene of Niger (1)
• Cretaceous of India (1), Lebanon (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (2: Maryland, Texas)
• Triassic of Germany (1)
Total: 61 collections including 71 occurrences
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