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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
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Gelasian or 99.60000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (140 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Rhinoptera prisca (167994)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Rhinoptera sp. (214509)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Rhinoptera sp. (60397)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Rhinoptera sp. (26819)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Arkansas) Rhinoptera sp. (206776)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Rhinoptera sp. (7791)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Rhinoptera sp. (3113)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Mississippi) Rhinoptera sp. (62872)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Rhinoptera sp. (15074)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Rhinoptera davisesi (13299)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Senegal Rhinoptera sp. (209379)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Rhinoptera sp. (81179 209524)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Pakistan Rhinoptera sp. (79971)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Rhinoptera sherboni (15595)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Uzbekistan Rhinoptera sherborni (45701 45702 62573)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9Chile Rhinoptera sp. (99479)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Rhinoptera sherborni (60711)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Rhinoptera sp. (13346 81224 209521)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Rhinoptera sherborni (41989 41992 41994 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Rhinoptera sp. (209370 209371)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo Rhinoptera sp. (32991)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Egypt Rhinoptera sp. (137540 137541)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) Rhinoptera sp. (16542)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Rhinoptera sp. (16848 81266 81278 176944 205834 209520)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Rhinoptera sp. 1, Rhinoptera sp. 2, Rhinoptera sp. (5387)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Nigeria Rhinoptera sherborni (32905)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Rhinoptera rasilis (149316)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara Rhinoptera sp. (96686 96688)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Rhinoptera sp. (202013 202014)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Rhinoptera sp. (75638)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Rhinoptera sp. (45640)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Rhinoptera sp. (137546 137547 137548 137550 137551 137552 137558 137563 137564 137568 137569 137573 137579 137580 137582 137583 137584 137586 137588)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Rhinoptera sp. (160397)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Chile Rhinoptera sp. (99478)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Rhinoptera sp. (175334)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Rhinoptera sp. (69805)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4Germany Rhinoptera sp. (46097)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) Rhinoptera sp. (224900)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Japan (Saga) Rhinoptera sp. (204551)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Peru Rhinoptera sp. (199562)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Rhinoptera sp. (71651)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Rhinoptera sp. (211540) Rhinoptera studeri (97550)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Hungary (Esztergom) Rhinoptera studeri, Rhinoptera schultzi (186636)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil Rhinoptera studeri (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Rhinoptera studera (112580) Rhinoptera studeri (65162 112593)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) Rhinoptera sherborni (42842)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Baja California Sur) Aetobatus smithii (43807)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Rhinoptera sp. (48887)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Texas) Rhinoptera sp. (18614)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Rhinoptera dubia (18506)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Rhinoptera dubia (22220)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) Rhinoptera sp. (77783)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Lara) Rhinoptera sp. (145379)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Rhinoptera sp. (47026)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Portugal (Lisbon) Rhinoptera studeri (36628)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Rhinoptera sp. (210593)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Zygobatis sp. (18587)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Rhinoptera sp. (18518)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Rhinoptera studeri, Rhinoptera schultzi (148227)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Netherlands Rhinoptera sp. (45505)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria Rhinoptera sp. (51002)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal Rhinoptera studeri (65912)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria (Styria) Rhinoptera schultzi (161913) Rhinoptera studeri (161938)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Orissa) Rhinoptera raeburni (46365)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Costa Rica Rhinoptera sp. (91357)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) Rhinoptera sp. (161210)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hokuriku) Rhinoptera sp. (161492)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gifu) Rhinoptera sp. (161445)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Austria (Styria) Rhinoptera studeri, Rhinoptera schultzi (161908)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Colon) Rhinoptera steindachneri (160574)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Rhinoptera sp. (126605 187324)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) Rhinoptera sp. (161996)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Rhinoptera sp., Rhinoptera schultzi (162017)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru Rhinoptera sp. (176133)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Portugal Rhinoptera sp. (91355)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Rhinoptera sp. (24237 187583) Rhinoptera steindachneri (96700 118105)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Rhinoptera sp. (152251)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Rhinoptera steindachneri (160567)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal Rhinoptera studeri (56459)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands Rhinoptera sp. (53889)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Rhinoptera sp. (162677)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Panama (Panama) Rhinoptera sp. (191987 191989 191994 191995 191996)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Rhinoptera studeri (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Rhinoptera sp. (92751)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) Rhinoptera sp. (144596)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Rhinoptera sp. (179732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Rhinoptera sp. (91423)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Rhinoptera sp. (65955)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Rhinoptera sp. (65954)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Rhinoptera bonasus (77594)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Rhinoptera brasiliensis (154111)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Rhinoptera bonasus (22712)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ecuador Rhinoptera sp. (204353)