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Rhombodus

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Rhombodus Dames
1977Rhombodus Herman p. 277
1979Rhombodus Case p. 85
1987Rhombodus Cappetta p. 173
1988Rhombodus Case and Schwimmer p. 297
1994Rhombodus Noubhani and Cappetta p. 8
1999Rhombodus Cappetta and Corral p. 366
2001Rhombodus Zalmout and Mustafa pp. 404-405 figs. 1-9, plate 9
2002Rhombodus Sepkoski
2007Rhombodus Cahuzac et al. p. 30
2007Rhombodus Kriwet et al.
2016Rhombodus Corral et al. p. 655
2019Rhombodus Hoganson et al. p. 43
2023Rhombodus Guinot et al. pp. 23-25 figs. 12D-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyMyliobatoidea
familyRhombodontidae
genusRhombodusDames 1881

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. †Rhombodus Dames 1881
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†Rhombodus andriesi Noubhani and Cappetta 1994
†Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames 1881
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Invalid names: Rhombodus haasi Dartevelle and Casier 1943 [synonym]
†Rhombodus ibericus Kriwet et al. 2007
†Rhombodus levis Cappetta and Case 1975
†Rhombodus meridionalis Arambourg 1952
†Rhombodus microdon Arambourg 1952
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Thanetian or 83.50000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Georgia) R. levis (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Georgia) R. laevis (70720)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) R. binkhorsti (128412) R. levis (57918)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) R. laevis (14455) R. levis (32181)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France R. carentonensis (61351)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain (Castilla y Leon) R. binkhorsti (28765)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) R. levis (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Charente-Maritime) R. carentonensis (161747)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel R. binkhorsti (35443 214863)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France R. carentonensis (61352 61353)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) R. levis (126600 126810)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) R. levis (79363)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) R. laevis (221052) R. levis (14504 57916)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Syria R. meridionalis (117850 117852 117853 117855) R. sp. (117854 117862) R. sp., R. meridionalis (117857)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) R. levis (90926)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) R. binkhorsti (83331)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jordan R. binkhorsti (13366)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) R. sp. (60397)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) R. sp. 2, R. sp. (58100)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) R. ibericus (36731 76211)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Israel R. binkhorsti (214864)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco R. binkhorsti, R. meridionalis (214852) R. binkhorsti, R. meridionalis, R. microdon (116903) R. meridionalis (116901 116902 214826)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) R. levis (213744 213746 213747 213748)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan R. binkhorsti (65222 65223)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Batoidea indet. (36725)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) R. sp., R. binkhorsti (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco (Beni Mellal) R. microdon (214842)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) R. binkhorsti, R. andriesi (176782) R. sp., R. binkhorsti (213730)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) R. binkhorsti (71488 215803 215804)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Ukraine R. binkhorsti (142786)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) R. binkhorsti, R. laevis (61807)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco R. andriesi (214856) R. binkhorsti (123268) R. binkhorsti, R. microdon (214368 214838) R. binkhorsti, R. microdon, R. andriesi (214375 214857) R. meridionalis, R. microdon (213665 213666 214830) R. microdon (214828 214831) R. microdus, R. binkhorsti (99627)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Midi-Pyrénées) R. sp. (199535)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) R. binkhorsti (79362)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands R. binckhorsti (3123)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco (Chaouia-Ouardigha) R. binkhorsti (92203)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) R. levis (122240) R. sp. (153368)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) R. levis (213587 213589)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) R. levis (26819)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Morocco R. microdon (133217)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) R. sp. (3113)