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Rhinobatos latus

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Taxonomy
Rhinobatus latus was named by Davis (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Rhinobatos latus by Woodward (1889), Cappetta (1980) and Brito and Dutheil (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Rhinobatus latus Davis p. 485 figs. Pl 17
1889Rhinobatos latus Woodward p. 82
1980Rhinobatos latus Cappetta p. 186
2004Rhinobatos latus Brito and Dutheil p. 102 fig. 2B

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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
specieslatus()

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 latus Davis 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available