Rhinobatos lobatus Cappetta and Case 1999 (guitarfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1999. Additions aux faunes de sélaciens du Crétacé du Texas (Albien supérieur-Campanien). Palaeo Ichthyologica 9:5-111

Belongs to Rhinobatos according to H. Cappetta and G. R. Case 1999

Sister taxa: Rhinobatos auribatensis, Rhinobatos beurleni, Rhinobatos beurlini, Rhinobatos casieri, Rhinobatos echavei, Rhinobatos hakelensis, Rhinobatos ibericus, Rhinobatos incertus, Rhinobatos incidens, Rhinobatos intermedius, Rhinobatos kiestensis, Rhinobatos ladoniaensis, Rhinobatos latus, Rhinobatos maronita, Rhinobatos obtusatus, Rhinobatos primarmatus, Rhinobatos rhinobatos, Rhinobatos sahnii, Rhinobatos seruensis, Rhinobatos steurbauti, Rhinobatos tenuirostris, Rhinobatos whitfieldi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kiest Boulevard (KIB), which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in Texas

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kiest Boulevard (KIB)

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