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* Genus ”[[Platyrhinoidis]]” <small>[[Samuel Garman|Garman]] 1881</small>

* Genus ”[[Platyrhinoidis]]” <small>[[Samuel Garman|Garman]] 1881</small>

** ”[[Platyrhinoidis triseriata]]” <small>[[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] & [[Charles Henry Gilbert|Gilbert]], 1880</small> (thornback guitarfish)

** ”[[Platyrhinoidis triseriata]]” <small>[[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] & [[Charles Henry Gilbert|Gilbert]], 1880</small> (thornback guitarfish)

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Family of cartilaginous fishes

The Platyrhinidae are a family of rays, commonly known as thornbacks due to their dorsal rows of large thorns. They resemble guitarfishes in shape. Though traditionally classified with stingrays, molecular evidence suggests they are more closely related to electric rays in the order Torpediniformes.[1]

The earliest fossil member of this family is Tingitanius from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of the Akrabou Formation in Morocco, known from a three-dimensionally preserved juvenile specimen. Tingitanius is thought to be the sister genus to Platyrhinoidis. Stem-members of this family also known from fossil remains are Britobatos from the Santonian of Sahel Alma, Lebanon, Tethybatis from the Campanian/Maastrichtian of Nardo, Italy, and Eoplatyrhina from the Ypresian of Monte Bolca, Italy.[2][3]

Fossil specimen of Eoplatyrhina

The following fossil species are known:[2][3]

  • Genus †Britobatos Claeson, Underwood & Ward, 2013
    • †B. primarmatus (Woodward, 1889) (=Raja primarmata Woodward, 1889)
  • Genus †Eoplatyrhina Marramà, Carnevale, Claeson, Naylor & Kriwet, 2020
    • †E. bolcensis (Heckel, 1851) (=Platyrhina bolcensis Heckel, 1851)
  • Genus †Tingitanius Claeson, Underwood & Ward, 2013
    • †T. tenuimandibulus Claeson, Underwood & Ward, 2013
  • Genus †Tethybatis de Carvalho, 2004
    • †T. selachoides de Carvalho, 2004
  1. ^ Aschliman, Neil C.; Nishida, Mutsumi; Miya, Masaki; Inoue, Jun G.; Rosana, Kerri M.; Naylor, Gavin J.P. (2012). “Body plan convergence in the evolution of skates and rays (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea)”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63 (1). Elsevier BV: 28–42. Bibcode:2012MolPE..63…28A. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.012. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 22209858.
  2. ^ a b Claeson, Kerin M.; Underwood, Charlie J.; Ward, David J. (2013). “† Tingitanius tenuimandibulus, a new platyrhinid batoid from the Turonian (Cretaceous) of Morocco and the cretaceous radiation of the Platyrhinidae”. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (5): 1019–1036. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33.1019C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.767266. ISSN 0272-4634.
  3. ^ a b Marramà, Giuseppe; Carnevale, Giorgio; Claeson, Kerin M.; Naylor, Gavin J. P.; Kriwet, Jürgen (2020-09-16). “Revision of the Eocene ‘ Platyrhina ‘ species from the Bolca Lagerstätte (Italy) reveals the first panray (Batomorphii: Zanobatidae) in the fossil record”. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (18): 1519–1542. Bibcode:2020JSPal..18.1519M. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1783380. ISSN 1477-2019. PMC 7455076. PMID 32939187.

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