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Rhinobatidae

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Rhinobatidae Müller and Henle
1889Rhinobatidae Woodward p. 77
1963Rhinobatidae Jordan p. 603
1966Rhinobatidae Cassier p. 89
1968Rhinobatidae Jonet p. 241
1977Rhinobatidae Herman p. 272
1978Rhinobatidae Case p. 193
1980Rhinobatidae Cappetta p. 178
1981Rhinobatidae Case p. 68
1983Rhinobatidae Thies p. 44
1987Rhinobatidae Cappetta p. 134
1987Rhinobatidae Kumar and Loyal p. 67
1993Rhinobatidae Biddle p. 215
1999Rhinobatidae Goodwin et al. p. 732
2001Rhinobatidae Peng et al. p. 8
2001Rhinobatidae Purdy et al. p. 89
2002Rhinobatidae Underwood
2004Rhinobatidae Underwood and Ward p. 489
2005Rhinobatidae Tabuce et al. p. 387
2006Rhinobatidae Underwood p. 234
2007Rhinobatidae Cahuzac et al. p. 26
2007Rhinobatidae Everhart p. 226
2007Rhinobatidae Kriwet et al.
2009Rhinobatidae Kriwet et al. p. 324
2012Rhinobatidae Guinot et al.
2014Rhinobatidae Carnevale et al. p. 41
2016Rhinobatidae Nelson et al. p. 85
2019Rhinobatidae Ebersole et al. p. 106
2020Rhinobatidae Marramà et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRhinobatoideiFowler 1941
familyRhinobatidaeMüller and Henle 1837
familyRhinobatidaeMüller 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.

Fm. Rhinobatidae Müller and Henle 1837
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G. †Aellopos Muenster 1836
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Aellopos wagneri Agassiz 1843
G. †Arthrobatis Whitley 1940
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Arthrobatis rileyi Agassiz 1843
Invalid names: Arthropterus Agassiz 1843 [replaced]
G. †Belemnobatis Thiollière 1854
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Belemnobatis kermacki Underwood and Ward 2004
Belemnobatis noviodunumensis Delsate and Candoni 2001
Belemnobatis picteti Cappetta 1975
Belemnobatis sismondae Thiollière 1854
Belemnobatis stahli Underwood and Ward 2004
Belemnobatis variabilis Underwood and Rees 2002
G. †Cyclarthrus Agassiz 1836
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Cyclarthrus macropterus Agassiz 1836
G. †Demiurga Gistel 1848
G. †Eorhinobatos Marramà et al. 2020
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Eorhinobatos primaevus de Zigno 1874
G. †Euryarthra Agassiz 1843
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Euryarthra muensteri Agassiz 1843
Euryarthra munsterii Agassiz 1843
G. †Glaucostegus Bonaparte 1845
G. †Isidobatus Werner 1989
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Isidobatus tricarinatus Werner 1989
G. †Myledaphus Cope 1876
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Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
Myledaphus pustulosus Cook et al. 2014
G. Paratrygonorrhina Kriwet et al. 2007
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Paratrygonorrhina amblysoda Kriwet et al. 2007
G. †Platypterix Kriwet et al. 2009
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Platypterix venustulus Kriwet et al. 2009
G. †Pseudorhinobatos Marramà et al. 2020
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G. Rhinobatos Link 1790
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Rhinobatos beurleni Silva Santos 1968
Rhinobatos beurlini Silva Santos 1968
Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1977
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 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
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Rhinobatus antunesi Jonet 1968
Rhinobatus bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894
Rhinobatus eretes Hay 1903
Rhinobatus morinicus Sauvage 1873
Rhinobatus tesselatus von der Marck 1894
G. †Rhombopterygia Cappetta 1980
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Rhombopterygia rajoides Cappetta 1980
G. †Rhynchobatis Philippi 1857
G. †Spathobatis Thiollière 1849
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Spathobatis bugesiacus Thiollière 1854
Spathobatis delsatei Underwood and Ward 2004
Spathobatis halteri Biddle and Landemaine 1988
Spathobatis rugosus Underwood et al. 1999
Spathobatis uppensis Thies 1983
Spathobatis werneri Thies 1983
G. †Squatinoraja Nardo 1824
G. †Syrrhina Müller and Henle 1838
G. †Tarsistes Jordan 1919
G. †Terangabatis Guinot et al. 2023
G. †Zapteryx Jordan and Gilbert 1880
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 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 182.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 174.1 Ma

Collections (424 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1France Belemnobatis moorbergensis (91438)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3France Belemnobatis noviodunumensis (91437)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Germany Belemnobatis moorbergensis (91436) Spathobatis moorbergensis (137168)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Belemnobatis stahli (91452) Spathobatis delsatei, Belemnobatis kermacki (91450)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Spathobatis delsatei (91449)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom Spathobatis werneri (137185)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Spain Belemnobatis sp. (151897) Spathobatis sp. (151900)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany Spathobatis sp., Spathobatis uppensis, Spathobatis mutterlosei (137193)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain Belemnobatis sp. (151902)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Belemnobatis sismondae (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Spathobatis bugesiacus (140224)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Ethiopia (Shewa) Rhinobatos sp. (48841)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2France (Poitou-Charentes) Belemnobatis variabilis (61930)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Belemnobatis variabilis (90718 90719 90721 90728)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Gard) Spathobatis sp., Belemnobatis sismondae (213631)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland Belemnobatis sp. (213519)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France Belemnobatis sp., Spathobatis sp. (214859)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) Spathobatis rugosus (66420)
Hauterivian - Aptian132.9 - 113.0Tunisia (Tataouine) Rhinobatos sp. (116296)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Teruel) Rhinobatos picteti, Spathobatis halteri, Rhinobatos incidens (91420)