Platyrhina Müller and Henle 1838 (guitarfish)
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Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae
Parent taxon: Platyrhinidae according to G. Marramà et al. 2018
See also Cappetta 1987, Carnevale et al. 2014, Casier 1946, Eastman 1904, Jaekel 1894, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Analithis, Arhynchobatis, Britobatos, Cretaplatyrhinoidis, Discobatus, Eoplatyrhina, Platyrhinoidis, Pseudoplatyrhina, Tethybatis, Tingitanius
Subtaxa: Platyrhina bolcensis Platyrhina dockeryi Platyrhina sinensis Platyrhina ypresiensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (3 collections), Italy (3), United States (2: Mississippi, South Carolina)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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