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Rhynchobatidae (wedgefish)
Taxonomy
Rhynchobatidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Rhinobatoidea by Jonet (1968); to Rhinobatoidei by Cappetta (1987) and Dica et al. (1996); to Pristiformes by Nelson et al. (2016); to Rajiformes by Tabuce et al. (2005), Underwood (2006), Cicimurri and Knight (2009) and Kent (2018); and to Rhinopristiformes by Cicimurri et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Rhinobatoidea by Jonet (1968); to Rhinobatoidei by Cappetta (1987) and Dica et al. (1996); to Pristiformes by Nelson et al. (2016); to Rajiformes by Tabuce et al. (2005), Underwood (2006), Cicimurri and Knight (2009) and Kent (2018); and to Rhinopristiformes by Cicimurri et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Rhynchobatidae Jonet p. 236 |
| 1987 | Rhynchobatidae Cappetta p. 134 |
| 1996 | Rhynchobatidae Dica et al. p. 118 |
| 2005 | Rhynchobatidae Tabuce et al. p. 387 |
| 2006 | Rhynchobatidae Underwood p. 234 |
| 2009 | Rhynchobatidae Cicimurri and Knight p. 635 |
| 2016 | Rhynchobatidae Nelson et al. p. 87 |
| 2018 | Rhynchobatidae Kent p. 124 |
| 2022 | Rhynchobatidae Cicimurri et al. |
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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.
Fm. Rhynchobatidae [wedgefish]
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G. Rhynchobatus Müller and Henle 1837
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Rhynchobatus djiddensis Forsskål 1775
†Rhynchobatus laevis Schneider 1801
†Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877
†Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available