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Rhynchobatus

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchobatus was named by Müller and Henle (1837) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Rhinobatidae by Jaekel (1894); to Galeomorphii by Sepkoski (2002); to Rhinidae by Jordan (1963) and Villafaña et al. (2020); and to Rhynchobatidae by Jonet (1968), Cappetta (1987), Dica et al. (1996), Tabuce et al. (2005), Kent (2018), Adnet et al. (2020), Cicimurri et al. (2022) and Guinot et al. (2023).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Rhynchobatus Müller and Henle
1894Rhynchobatus Jaekel p. 63
1963Rhynchobatus Jordan p. 602
1968Rhynchobatus Jonet p. 236
1987Rhynchobatus Cappetta p. 134
1996Rhynchobatus Dica et al. p. 118
2002Rhynchobatus Sepkoski
2005Rhynchobatus Tabuce et al. p. 387
2018Rhynchobatus Kent p. 124
2020Rhynchobatus Adnet et al. p. 28
2020Rhynchobatus Villafaña et al.
2022Rhynchobatus Cicimurri et al.
2023Rhynchobatus Guinot et al. pp. 10-11 figs. 6A-B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRhinopristiformesLast et al. 2016
familyRhynchobatidae
genusRhynchobatusMüller and Henle 1837

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. Rhynchobatus Müller and Henle 1837
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Rhynchobatus djiddensis Forsskål 1775
Rhynchobatus laevis Schneider 1801
Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available