Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Parent taxon: Rhinobatoidei according to G. Guinot et al. 2012
See also Biddle 1993, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1980, Cappetta 1987, Carnevale et al. 2014, Case 1978, Case 1981, Cassier 1966, Ebersole et al. 2019, Everhart 2007, Goodwin et al. 1999, Herman 1977, Jonet 1968, Jordan 1963, Kriwet et al. 2009, Kriwet et al. 2007, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Marramà et al. 2020, Nelson et al. 2016, Peng et al. 2001, Purdy et al. 2001, Tabuce et al. 2005, Thies 1983, Underwood 2002, Underwood 2006, Underwood and Ward 2004 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Asterodermus, Asterodermus platypterus, Ataktobatis, Platyrhinidae, Protoplatyrhina, Pseudohypolophus, Pseudomyledaphus, Turoniabatis, Vascobatis
Subtaxa: Aellopos Arthrobatis Belemnobatis Cyclarthrus Demiurga Eorhinobatos Euryarthra Glaucostegus Isidobatus Myledaphus Paratrygonorrhina Platypterix Pseudorhinobatos Rhinobatos Rhinobatus Rhombopterygia Rhynchobatis Spathobatis Squatinoraja Syrrhina Tarsistes Terangabatis Trygonorhina Zapteryx
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Libya (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
• MN 13 of Portugal (2)
• Miocene of France (2), Mexico (1), Portugal (2), United States (3: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Pakistan (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Egypt (2), France (1), India (2), Italy (3), Jordan (2), Morocco (2), Romania (1), Senegal (3), Togo (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (13: Alabama, California, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (2)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Belgium (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Paleocene of Morocco (2), Niger (1), United States (3: Mississippi, North Dakota, South Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (6), Belgium (2), Brazil (1), Canada (79: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Egypt (1), France (14), Germany (2), Israel (2), Italy (1), Jordan (3), Kazakhstan (1), Lebanon (8), Mexico (3), Morocco (4), Poland (1), Spain (7), Sweden (3), Syria (5), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (183: Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (2)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1), France (2), Germany (4), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 424 collections including 474 occurrences