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Rhinobatos incertus

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Taxonomy
Rhinobatos incertus was named by Cappetta (1973). Its type specimen is SDK59, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SE of Hot Springs, which is in a Turonian marine sandstone in the Carlile Shale Formation of South Dakota.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Rhinobatos incertus Cappetta p. 509 figs. Pl 2, figs 26-33
1987Rhinobatos incertus Cappetta p. 137
2010Rhinobatos incertus Underwood and Cumbaa p. 937 figs. 6A-H
2012Rhinobatos incertus Nagrodski et al. p. 80 fig. 3G
2013Rhinobatos incertus Cook et al. p. 576 fig. 12I,J
2016Rhinobatos incertus Bice and Shimada p. 182 fig. 6F,G
2021Rhinobatos incertus Maisch et al. pp. 15, 17 figs. 9A-C

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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
speciesincertus

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 incertus Cappetta 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available