Parent taxon: Rajiformes according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2022
See also Biddle 1993, Bryant 1989, Cappetta 1987, Estes 1964, Guinot et al. 2012, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Peng et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Underwood et al. 1999 and Underwood and Mitchell 1999
Sister taxa: Antiquaobatis, Archaeobatidae, Archingeayia, Cyclobatidae, Dynatobatis, Engolismaia, Erguitaia, Hamrabatis, Hexatrygon, Hypolophidae, Hypsobatidae, Kiestus, Myeladaphus, Oncobatis, Ostarriraja, Parapalaeobatidae, Plesiobatis, Pristoidei, Rajidae, Rajoidei, Rhina, Rhinobatoidei, Sclerorhynchoidei, Sechmetia, Spathobatidae, Tanoutia, Tomewingia, Torpedinoidea, Urobatis, Urotrygon, Zanobatus, Iberotrygon
Subtaxa: Squatirhina draytoni Squatirhina kannensis Squatirhina lonzeensis Squatirhina roessingi Squatirhina thiesi Squatirhina westfalica
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (16 collections), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (17), United States (14: Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 57 collections including 60 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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