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Rhinobatos
Taxonomy
Rhinobatos was named by Link (1790) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti R Sepkoski's reference number: 525,884]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rhinobatidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta (1975), Cappetta and Case (1975), Herman (1977), Cappetta (1980), Case (1981), Cappetta (1987), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Case et al. (1990), Dica et al. (1996), Kriwet (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Goodwin et al. (1999), Zalmout and Mustafa (2001), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Cicimurri (2003), Tabuce et al. (2005), Shimada et al. (2006), Rana et al. (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Everhart (2007), Kriwet et al. (2009), Guinot et al. (2012), Case et al. (2015), Corral et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Maisch et al. (2021), Guinot et al. (2023), Villafaña et al. (2025), Landau et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rhinobatidae by Jordan (1963), Cappetta (1975), Cappetta and Case (1975), Herman (1977), Cappetta (1980), Case (1981), Cappetta (1987), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Case et al. (1990), Dica et al. (1996), Kriwet (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Goodwin et al. (1999), Zalmout and Mustafa (2001), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Cicimurri (2003), Tabuce et al. (2005), Shimada et al. (2006), Rana et al. (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Everhart (2007), Kriwet et al. (2009), Guinot et al. (2012), Case et al. (2015), Corral et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Maisch et al. (2021), Guinot et al. (2023), Villafaña et al. (2025), Landau et al. (2025).
Species
R. auribatensis, R. beurleni, R. beurlini, R. bruxelliensis, R. casieri, R. craddocki, R. echavei, R. hakelensis, R. ibericus, R. incertus, R. incidens, R. intermedius, R. kiestensis, R. ladoniaensis, R. latus, R. lobatus, R. mariannae, R. maronita (syn. Rhinobatus grandis), R. obtusatus, R. primarmatus, R. rhinobatos, R. sahnii, R. seruensis, R. steurbauti, R. tenuirostris, R. uvulatus, R. whitfieldi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1790 | Rhinobatos Link |
| 1963 | Rhinobatos Jordan p. 603 |
| 1975 | Rhinobatos Cappetta p. 124 |
| 1975 | Rhinobatos Cappetta and Case p. 25 |
| 1977 | Rhinobatos Herman p. 272 |
| 1980 | Rhinobatos Cappetta p. 178 |
| 1981 | Rhinobatos Case p. 68 |
| 1987 | Rhinobatos Cappetta p. 137 |
| 1987 | Rhinobatos Kumar and Loyal p. 67 |
| 1990 | Rhinobatos Case et al. p. 1092 |
| 1996 | Rhinobatos Dica et al. p. 118 |
| 1999 | Rhinobatos Cappetta and Case p. 31 |
| 1999 | Rhinobatos Goodwin et al. p. 732 |
| 1999 | Rhinobatos Kriwet p. 124 |
| 2001 | Rhinobatos Peng et al. p. 8 |
| 2001 | Rhinobatos Purdy et al. p. 89 |
| 2001 | Rhinobatos Zalmout and Mustafa pp. 398-399 figs. 4-6, plate 5 |
| 2002 | Rhinobatos Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Rhinobatos Cicimurri p. 11 figs. 5, J |
| 2005 | Rhinobatos Tabuce et al. p. 387 |
| 2006 | Rhinobatos Rana et al. p. 516 |
| 2006 | Rhinobatos Shimada et al. p. 18 |
| 2007 | Rhinobatos Cahuzac et al. p. 26 |
| 2007 | Rhinobatos Everhart p. 226 |
| 2009 | Rhinobatos Kriwet et al. p. 327 |
| 2012 | Rhinobatos Guinot et al. p. 453 |
| 2015 | Rhinobatos Case et al. p. 1129 |
| 2016 | Rhinobatos Corral et al. p. 651 |
| 2019 | Rhinobatos Ebersole et al. p. 106 |
| 2021 | Rhinobatos Maisch et al. p. 15 |
| 2023 | Rhinobatos Guinot et al. pp. 13-14 fig. 7 |
| 2025 | Rhinobatos Landau et al. p. 33 |
| 2025 | Rhinobatos Villafaña et al. p. 10 |
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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.
G. Rhinobatos Link 1790
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†Rhinobatos auribatensis Adnet 2006
†Rhinobatos beurleni Silva Santos 1968
†Rhinobatos beurlini Silva Santos 1968
†Rhinobatos bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894
†Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1977
†Rhinobatos craddocki Case and Cappetta 1997
†Rhinobatos echavei Cappetta and Corral 1999
†Rhinobatos hakelensis Cappetta 1980
†Rhinobatos ibericus Cappetta and Corral 1999
†Rhinobatos incertus Cappetta 1973
†Rhinobatos incidens Kriwet 1999
†Rhinobatos intermedius Davis 1887
†Rhinobatos kiestensis Cappetta and Case 1999
†Rhinobatos ladoniaensis Cappetta and Case 1999
†Rhinobatos latus Davis 1887
†Rhinobatos lobatus Cappetta and Case 1999
†Rhinobatos mariannae Bor 1983
†Rhinobatos maronita Pictet and Humbert 1866
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Invalid names: Rhinobatus grandis Davis 1887 [synonym]
†Rhinobatos obtusatus Costa 1864
†Rhinobatos primarmatus Woodward 1889
Rhinobatos rhinobatos Linnaeus 1758 [common guitarfish]
†Rhinobatos sahnii Sahni and Mehrotra 1981
†Rhinobatos seruensis Guinot et al. 2012
†Rhinobatos steurbauti Cappetta and Nolf 1981
†Rhinobatos tenuirostris Davis 1887
†Rhinobatos uvulatus Case and Cappetta 1997
†Rhinobatos whitfieldi Hay 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available