Rajorhina
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| Rajorhina Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous | |
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| Rajorhina expansa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | †Rajorhina Jaekel, 1894[1] |
Rajorhina is an extinct genus[2] of stingray-like skate from the Upper Cretaceous of what is now Lebanon.[3][1] It is the only known fossil-only genus of the family Rajidae[4] The genus is typified by a Rhombus form.[citation needed]
From its taxonomy a few things have been inferred about it. It likely lived in a marine environment and it was phosphatic based on its subphylum.[2] It was actively mobile and a carnivore.[2]
