Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes
Parent taxon: Batomorphii according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Cantalice et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Enantiobatis, Myliobatiformes, Rajiformes, Zanobatidae
Subtaxa: Atlantobatis Microbatis Pristidae Rhinidae Rhynchobatidae Sowibatos Tlalocbatos
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of Angola (1), Colombia (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), South Africa (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• MN 13 of Portugal (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Austria (2), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (2), France (3), Germany (1), India (5), Japan (2), Malta (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (4), Peru (6), Portugal (7), Spain (1), United States (9: Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (4)
• Oligocene of Oman (1), Pakistan (2), Peru (1), United States (4: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Australia (1), Egypt (33), India (1), Italy (1), Jordan (1), Libya (3), Morocco (1), Namibia (1), Nigeria (4), Peru (1), Romania (1), Senegal (2), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (11), United States (29: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (3)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Paleogene of Libya (1)
• Tertiary of United States (2: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3), Egypt (4), Jordan (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Niger (2), United States (3: New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), Uruguay (1)
Total: 196 collections including 301 occurrences