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Rhinobatos

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhinobatidae

Taxonomy

Rhinobatos was named by Link (1790) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti R Sepkoski's reference number: 525,884]. It is extant.

It was corrected as Rhinobatus by Woodward (1889), Jaekel (1894), Casier (1946), Jordan (1963), Jonet (1968), Carnevale et al. (2014), Marramà et al. (2018).

It was assigned to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rhinobatidae by Woodward (1889), Jaekel (1894), Casier (1946), Jordan (1963), Jonet (1968), Cappetta (1975), Cappetta and Case (1975), Herman (1977), Cappetta (1980), Case (1981), Cappetta (1987), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Case et al. (1990), Duplicate (1990), Dica et al. (1996), Kriwet (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Goodwin et al. (1999), Zalmout and Mustafa (2001), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Tabuce et al. (2005), Shimada et al. (2006), Rana et al. (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Everhart (2007), Kriwet et al. (2009), Guinot et al. (2012), Carnevale et al. (2014), Case et al. (2015), Corral et al. (2016), Marramà et al. (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019), Maisch et al. (2021), Rana et al. (2021), Guinot et al. (2023), Villafaña et al. (2025), Landau et al. (2025), Novack-Gottshall (2025).

Species lacking formal opinion data

R. bruxelliense, R. bruxelliensi, R. lentiginosus

Entered

by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2020-09-05

Synonyms

Rhinobatus alaicus was named by Aver'yanov and Udovichenko (1993).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Aver'yanov and Udovichenko (1993).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1790	Rhinobatos Link
1889	Rhinobatus Woodward p. 77
1894	Rhinobatus Jaekel p. 63
1946	Rhinobatus Casier p. 94
1963	Rhinobatus Jordan p. 603
1968	Rhinobatus Jonet p. 241
1975	Rhinobatos Cappetta p. 124
1975	Rhinobatos Cappetta and Case p. 25
1977	Rhinobatos Herman p. 272
1980	Rhinobatos Cappetta p. 178
1981	Rhinobatos Case p. 68
1987	Rhinobatos Cappetta p. 137
1987	Rhinobatos Kumar and Loyal p. 67
1990	Rhinobatos Case et al. p. 1092
1990	Rhinobatos Duplicate figs. 5, J
1993	Rhinobatus alaicus Aver'yanov and Udovichenko p. 365
1996	Rhinobatos Dica et al. p. 118
1999	Rhinobatos Cappetta and Case p. 31
1999	Rhinobatos Goodwin et al. p. 732
1999	Rhinobatos Kriwet p. 124
2001	Rhinobatos Peng et al. p. 8
2001	Rhinobatos Purdy et al. p. 89
2001	Rhinobatos Zalmout and Mustafa pp. 398-399 figs. 4-6, plate 5
2002	Rhinobatos Sepkoski
2005	Rhinobatos Tabuce et al. p. 387
2006	Rhinobatos Rana et al. p. 516
2006	Rhinobatos Shimada et al. p. 18
2007	Rhinobatos Cahuzac et al. p. 26
2007	Rhinobatos Everhart p. 226
2009	Rhinobatos Kriwet et al. p. 327
2012	Rhinobatos Guinot et al. p. 453
2014	Rhinobatus Carnevale et al. p. 41
2015	Rhinobatos Case et al. p. 1129
2016	Rhinobatos Corral et al. p. 651
2018	Rhinobatus Marramà et al. p. 287
2019	Rhinobatos Ebersole et al. p. 106
2021	Rhinobatos Maisch et al. p. 15
2021	Rhinobatos Rana et al. p. 11
2023	Rhinobatos Guinot et al. pp. 13-14 fig. 7
2025	Rhinobatos Landau et al. p. 33
2025	Rhinobatus Novack-Gottshall
2025	Rhinobatos Villafaña et al. p. 10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Elasmobranchii	(Bonaparte 1838)
—	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Batomorphii
order	Rhinopristiformes	Last et al. 2016
family	Rhinobatidae	Müller and Henle 1837
genus	Rhinobatos	Link 1790

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.

G. Rhinobatos Link 1790

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†Rhinobatos auribatensis Adnet 2006

†Rhinobatos beurleni Silva Santos 1968

†Rhinobatos beurlini Silva Santos 1968

†Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1977

†Rhinobatos craddocki Case and Cappetta 1997

†Rhinobatos echavei Cappetta and Corral 1999

†Rhinobatos hakelensis Cappetta 1980

†Rhinobatos ibericus Cappetta and Corral 1999

†Rhinobatos incertus Cappetta 1973

†Rhinobatos incidens Kriwet 1999

†Rhinobatos intermedius Davis 1887

†Rhinobatos kiestensis Cappetta and Case 1999

†Rhinobatos ladoniaensis Cappetta and Case 1999

†Rhinobatos latus Davis 1887

†Rhinobatos lobatus Cappetta and Case 1999

†Rhinobatos mariannae Bor 1983

†Rhinobatos maronita Pictet and Humbert 1866

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Invalid names: Rhinobatus grandis Davis 1887 [synonym]

†Rhinobatos obtusatus Costa 1864

†Rhinobatos primarmatus Woodward 1889

Rhinobatos productus Ayres 1854 [shovelnose guitarfish]

Rhinobatos rhinobatos Linnaeus 1758 [common guitarfish]

†Rhinobatos sahnii Sahni and Mehrotra 1981

†Rhinobatos seruensis Guinot et al. 2012

†Rhinobatos tenuirostris Davis 1887

†Rhinobatos uvulatus Case and Cappetta 1997

†Rhinobatos whitfieldi Hay 1903

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

nektonicc

Diet:

carnivorec

Created:

2004-08-17 13:49:23

Modified:

2009-12-13 03:31:01

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Holocene or 149.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma

Collections (195 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Ethiopia (Shewa)	R. sp. (48841)
Hauterivian - Aptian	132.6 - 113.2	Tunisia (Tataouine)	R. sp. (116296)
Early/Lower Barremian	125.77 - 121.4	Spain (Teruel)	R. incidens (91420)
Early/Lower Barremian	125.77 - 121.4	Spain (Aragón)	R. sp. (36368)
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Brazil (Ceará)	R. beurleni (92290)
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	United Kingdom (England)	R. sp. (241459)
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	Italy (Campania)	Rhinobatus obtusatus (112631)
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	USA (Texas)	R. sp. (27774)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	USA (Texas)	R. sp. (27604 27606)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian	106.3 - 93.9	Kazakhstan	R. sp. (175010)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France (Poitou-Charentes)	R. sp. (77229 77230 77232)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France	R. sp. (242279)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Kansas)	R. sp. (213416 213418 213419)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Colorado)	R. incertus (132505)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Lebanon	Raja whitfieldi (221229) R. maronita, R. hakelensis, R. grandis (69118) R. whitfieldi (213132) Rhinobatus grandis (216596) Rhinobatus maronita (221227)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (South Dakota)	R. incertus (275602 275624 275632)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Arizona)	R. sp. (276873)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Canada (Saskatchewan)	R. incertus (22731)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (South Dakota)	R. incertus (275634)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Colorado)	R. incertus (35429 213403)