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Rhinobatos seruensis

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Taxonomy
Rhinobatos seruensis was named by Guinot et al. (2012). Its type specimen is University of Montpellier SRU7, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Séru (SRU), which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Rhinobatos seruensis Guinot et al. p. 455 figs. 4B-J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRhinobatoideiFowler 1941
familyRhinobatidaeMüller and Henle 1837
genusRhinobatosLink 1790
speciesseruensis

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.

Rhinobatos seruensis Guinot et al. 2012
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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 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France (Aisne) Rhinobatos seruensis (type locality: 213563)