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Rhinoptera Cuvier 1829

Description

Genus Rhinoptera Cuvier, 1829

Cownose Rays

Rhinoptera Cuvier, 1829: 401. Type species Myliobatis marginata Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817, by subsequent designation; type designated by Bonaparte, 1838: 6 (of separate), also by Hay, 1902: 321. Appeared first as Rhenoptera van Hasselt, 1823: 318 and Rhinoptera van Hasselt, 1824: 90, regarded as nomina nuda. Cuvier's "Les Rhinoptera Kuhl " evidently sufficient to Latinise; two included species.

Notes

Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Cuvier
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Myliobatiformes
Family
Myliobatidae
Genus
Rhinoptera
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Rhinoptera Cuvier, 1829 sec. White & Ko'Ou, 2018

References

  • Cuvier, G. (1829) Le Regne Animal distribue d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparee. Vol. 2. Edition 2. Chez Deterville, Paris, 406 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 49223
  • Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1817) Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Mediterranee. In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armee francais, publie par les ordres de sa Majeste-L'Empereur Napoleon le Grand. (Imprimerie Imperiale). Volume 1. de l'Imprimerie Imperiale, Paris, pp. 1 - 52.
  • Bonaparte, C. L. (1838) Selachorum tabula analytica. In: Nuovi Annali Delle Scienze Naturali e Rendiconto dei Lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con Appendice Agraria. Vol. 2. Pei Tipi Di Jacopo Marsigli, Bologna, pp. 195 - 214.
  • Hay, O. P. (1902) Bibliography and catalogue of the fossil vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the U. S. Geological Survey, 179, 1 - 868. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 20094