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Rhinobatus tesselatus

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Taxonomy
Rhinobatus tesselatus was named by von der Marck (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry on east slope of Baumberge near Schapdetten, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Baumberge Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Rhinobatus tesselatus von der Marck p. 42 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-4
1987Rhinobatus tesselatus Cappetta p. 137

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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
genusRhinobatus
speciestesselatus

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.

†Rhinobatus tesselatus von der Marck 1894
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Diagnosis
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