Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhinobatidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1999. Additions aux faunes de sélaciens du Crétacé du Texas (Albien supérieur-Campanien). Palaeo Ichthyologica 9:5-111
Belongs to Rhinobatos according to S. A. Hamm and D. J. Cicimurri 2011
See also Cappetta and Case 1999
Sister taxa: Rhinobatos auribatensis, Rhinobatos beurleni, Rhinobatos beurlini, Rhinobatos casieri, Rhinobatos craddocki, Rhinobatos echavei, Rhinobatos hakelensis, Rhinobatos ibericus, Rhinobatos incertus, Rhinobatos incidens, Rhinobatos intermedius, Rhinobatos kiestensis, Rhinobatos ladoniaensis, Rhinobatos latus, Rhinobatos mariannae, Rhinobatos maronita, Rhinobatos obtusatus, Rhinobatos primarmatus, Rhinobatos productus, Rhinobatos rhinobatos, Rhinobatos sahnii, Rhinobatos seruensis, Rhinobatos tenuirostris, Rhinobatos uvulatus, Rhinobatos whitfieldi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kiest Boulevard (KIB), which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in Texas
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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