Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhinobatidae
Full reference: G. R. Case and H. Cappetta. 1997. A new selachian fauna from the Late Maastrichtian of Texas (Upper Cretaceous/Navarroan; Kemp Formation). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie 34:131-189
Belongs to Rhinobatos according to G. R. Case and H. Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Rhinobatos auribatensis, Rhinobatos beurleni, Rhinobatos beurlini, Rhinobatos casieri, Rhinobatos echavei, Rhinobatos hakelensis, Rhinobatos ibericus, Rhinobatos incertus, Rhinobatos incidens, Rhinobatos intermedius, Rhinobatos kiestensis, Rhinobatos ladoniaensis, Rhinobatos latus, Rhinobatos lobatus, Rhinobatos mariannae, Rhinobatos maronita, Rhinobatos obtusatus, Rhinobatos primarmatus, Rhinobatos productus, Rhinobatos rhinobatos, Rhinobatos sahnii, Rhinobatos seruensis, Rhinobatos tenuirostris, Rhinobatos uvulatus, Rhinobatos whitfieldi
Type specimen: AMNH 12166, a tooth. Its type locality is South Sulphur River, Commerce, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone/sandstone in the Kemp Clay Formation of Texas.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at South Sulphur River, Commerce
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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