Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhinobatidae
Parent taxon: Rhinobatidae according to J. A. Villafaña et al. 2025
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1975, Cappetta 1980, Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Carnevale et al. 2014, Case 1981, Case et al. 2015, Case et al. 1990, Casier 1946, Corral et al. 2016, Dica et al. 1996, Ebersole et al. 2019, Everhart 2007, Goodwin et al. 1999, Grimaldi et al. 2026, Guinot et al. 2012, Guinot et al. 2023, Herman 1977, Jaekel 1894, Jonet 1968, Jordan 1963, Kriwet 1999, Kriwet et al. 2009, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Landau et al. 2025, Maisch et al. 2021, Marramà et al. 2018, Novack-Gottshall 2025, Peng et al. 2001, Purdy et al. 2001, Rana et al. 2006, Rana et al. 2021, Sepkoski 2002, Shimada et al. 2006, Tabuce et al. 2005, Woodward 1889 and Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Sister taxa: Aellopos, Arthrobatis, Cyclarthrus, Demiurga, Eorhinobatos, Euryarthra, Isidobatus, Myledaphus, Paratrygonorrhina, Platypterix, Pseudobatos, Pseudorhinobatos, Rhinobatus, Rhombopterygia, Rhynchobatis, Spathobatis, Squatinoraja, Syrrhina, Tarsistes, Terangabatis
Subtaxa: Rhinobatos auribatensis Rhinobatos beurleni Rhinobatos beurlini Rhinobatos casieri Rhinobatos craddocki Rhinobatos echavei Rhinobatos hakelensis 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
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
• Pliocene of Italy (2), Libya (1), Spain (8), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Miocene of Chile (1), France (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Portugal (5), United States (3: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Oman (1), Pakistan (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (2), France (8), India (5), Jordan (2), Morocco (1), Senegal (3), Togo (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (7: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas), Western Sahara (2)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Saudi Arabia (1)
• Paleocene of Morocco (2), Niger (1), Sweden (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Belgium (5), Brazil (1), Canada (5: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Egypt (2), France (11), Germany (1), Israel (2), Italy (1), Jordan (4), Kazakhstan (1), Lebanon (8), Mexico (1), Morocco (4), the Netherlands (2), Spain (4), Sweden (5), Syria (5), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (54: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1)
Total: 197 collections including 228 occurrences
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