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Rhinoptera smithi

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Taxonomy
Rhinoptera smithi was named by Jordan and Beal (1910) [year is a guess].

It was recombined as Aetobatus smithii by Jordan and Hanibal (1923).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. bonasus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Rhinoptera smithi Jordan and Beal
1919Rhinoptera smithi Jordan and Gilbert p. 23
1923Aetobatus smithii Jordan and Hanibal p. 59 figs. Plate III. a. h. n. IV. f.

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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
speciessmithiJordan and Beal 1910

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.

†Rhinoptera smithi Jordan and Beal 1910
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Baja California Sur) Aetobatus smithii (43807)