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Rhinoptera daviesii

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae

Taxonomy
Rhinoptera daviesii was named by Woodward (1889). Its type specimen is BMNH P.1514, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. bonasus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Rhinoptera daviesii Woodward p. 126 figs. pl. III, figs. 6-a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyRhinopteridaeJordan and Evermann 1896
genusRhinopteraCuvier 1829
speciesdaviesii

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Rhinoptera daviesii Woodward 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available