Rhombopterygia 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

Parent taxon: Rhinobatidae according to H. Cappetta 1987

See also Cappetta 1980 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aellopos, Arthrobatis, Cyclarthrus, Demiurga, Eorhinobatos, Euryarthra, Isidobatus, Myledaphus, Paratrygonorrhina, Platypterix, Pseudobatos, Pseudorhinobatos, Rhinobatos, Rhinobatus, Rhynchobatis, Spathobatis, Squatinoraja, Syrrhina, Tarsistes, Terangabatis

Subtaxa: Rhombopterygia rajoides

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1 collection), Spain (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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