Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Full reference: W. Dames. 1881. Über Fischzähne aus der obersenonen Tuffkreide von Maastricht, für welcher den Gattungsnamen Rhombodus vorschlug. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881:1-3
Parent taxon: Rhombodontidae according to G. Guinot et al. 2023
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Corral 1999, Case 1979, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Corral et al. 2016, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Herman 1977, Hoganson et al. 2019, Kriwet et al. 2007, Noubhani and Cappetta 1994, Sepkoski 2002 and Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Sister taxa: Planodens, Pucabatis
Subtaxa: Rhombodus andriesi Rhombodus binkhorsti Rhombodus carentonensis Rhombodus ibericus Rhombodus levis Rhombodus meridionalis Rhombodus microdon
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Belgium (1 collection), Morocco (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Belgium (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Egypt (2), France (5), Germany (1), India (4), Israel (3), Jordan (5), Morocco (19), the Netherlands (3), Senegal (2), Spain (8), Syria (7), Ukraine (1), United States (32: Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 102 collections including 124 occurrences
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