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Rhinoptera (cownose ray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Rhinoptera Cuvier
1838Zygobatis Agassiz p. 79
1850Trikeras Harless
1859Zygobates Owen p. 119
1865Micromesus Gill
1865Mylorhina Gill
1884Trycera Doderlein
1889Rhinoptera Woodward p. 125
1894Rhinoptera Jaekel p. 63
1902Rhinoptera Hay p. 321
1919Rhinoptera Jordan and Gilbert p. 23
1926Rhinoptera Bohm p. 82
1926Rhinoptera Leriche p. 386
1926Rhinoptera White p. 47
1942Rhinoptera Leriche p. 57
1946Rhinoptera Casier p. 104
1963Micromesus Jordan p. 605
1963Mylorhina Jordan p. 605
1963Rhinoptera Jordan p. 605
1963Zygobatis Jordan p. 605
1966Rhinoptera Cassier p. 92
1968Rhinoptera Jonet p. 254
1977Rhinoptera Adegoke p. 298
1981Rhinoptera Case p. 71
1981Rhinoptera Thurmond and Jones p. 76
1987Rhinoptera Cappetta p. 172
1987Rhinoptera Udovichenko and Nessov p. 172
1989Rhinoptera Werner p. 87
1997Rhinoptera Noubhani and Cappetta p. 125
2001Rhinoptera Purdy et al. p. 95
2002Rhinoptera Sepkoski
2009Rhinoptera Cicimurri and Knight p. 641
2014Rhinoptera Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 86
2014Rhinoptera Maisch et al. p. 195
2015Rhinoptera Reinecke and Radwanski p. 16
2017Rhinoptera Szabo et al.
2018Rhinoptera Kent p. 130
2019Rhinoptera Ebersole et al. p. 135
2020Rhinoptera Villafaña et al. p. 744
2022Rhinoptera Cicimurri et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyRhinopterinae(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
genusRhinopteraCuvier 1829

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. Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829 [cownose ray]
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Rhinoptera daviesii Woodward 1889
Rhinoptera dubius Leidy 1855
Rhinoptera maja Udovichenko and Nessov 1987
Rhinoptera marginata Saint-Hilaire 1809
Rhinoptera prisca Woodward 1907
Rhinoptera raeburni White 1934
Rhinoptera rasilis Bohm 1926
Rhinoptera schultzi Hiden 1995
Rhinoptera sherboni White 1926
Rhinoptera sherborni White 1926
Rhinoptera smithi Jordan and Beal 1910
Rhinoptera studeri Agassiz 1843
Rhinoptera woodwardi Agassiz 1843
Invalid names: Micromesus Gill 1865 [synonym], Mylorhina Gill 1865 [synonym], Trikeras Harless 1850 [synonym], Trycera Doderlein 1884 [synonym], Zygobatis Agassiz 1838 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available