†Rhinoptera smithi Jordan and Beal 1910 (cownose ray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Alternative combination: Aetobatus smithii
Belongs to Rhinoptera according to Jordan and Beal 1910
See also Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Sister taxa: Rhinoptera bonasus, Rhinoptera brasiliensis, Rhinoptera daviesii, Rhinoptera dubius, Rhinoptera maja, Rhinoptera marginata, Rhinoptera prisca, Rhinoptera raeburni, Rhinoptera rasilis, Rhinoptera schultzi, Rhinoptera sherboni, Rhinoptera sherborni, Rhinoptera studeri, Rhinoptera woodwardi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Locality 30, Bahia Tortuga - Beal (1948) (Miocene of Mexico)
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