Squatirhina Casier 1947 (ray)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Full reference: E. Casier. 1947. Constitution et évolution de la racine dentaire des Euselachii. II. Étude comparative des types. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 23(14):1-32

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: Anacanthobatidae, Antiquaobatis, Archingeayia, Arhynchobatidae, Crurirajidae, Cyclobatidae, Duwibatis, Dynatobatis, Engolismaia, Erguitaia, Erythrobatis, Gurgesiellidae, Hamrabatis, Hypsobatidae, Kiestus, Oncobatis, Ostarriraja, Parapalaeobatidae, Phosphatobatis, Pristoidei, Rajidae, Rajoidei, Rhina, Rhinobatoidei, Safagaia, Sclerorhynchoidei, Sechmetia, Tanoutia, Tomewingia, Torpedinoidea, Urobatis

Subtaxa: Squatirhina draytoni Squatirhina kannensis Squatirhina lonzeensis Squatirhina thiesi Squatirhina westfalica

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Type: Squatirhina lonzeensis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (6 collections), France (20), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (19), United States (10: Montana, New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 67 collections including 68 occurrences

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