Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Alternative combination: Trygon jaekeli
Belongs to Dasyatis according to H. Cappetta and G. R. Case 2016
See also Cappetta 1987, Casier 1946, Dica et al. 1996, Ebersole et al. 2019, Leriche 1926 and Nolf 1988
Sister taxa: Dasyatis africana, Dasyatis borodini, Dasyatis branisai, Dasyatis carasuensis, Dasyatis carolinensis, Dasyatis cavernosa, Dasyatis charlisae, Dasyatis commercensis, Dasyatis concavifoveus, Dasyatis datasi, Dasyatis davisi, Dasyatis delfortriei, Dasyatis fallax, Dasyatis gigas, Dasyatis hastata, Dasyatis hexagonalis, Dasyatis manuelcamposi, Dasyatis margaritella, Dasyatis martini, Dasyatis molassicus, Dasyatis molinoensis, Dasyatis newegyptensis, Dasyatis northdakotaensis, Dasyatis pastinaca, Dasyatis ponsi, Dasyatis probsti, Dasyatis rafinesquei, Dasyatis rugosa, Dasyatis russelli, Dasyatis schaefferi, Dasyatis serralheiroi, Dasyatis sessaoensis, Dasyatis speetonensis, Dasyatis strangulata, Dasyatis sudrei, Dasyatis tetraedra, Dasyatis thierryi, Dasyatis tochtabusiensis, Dasyatis tricuspidatus, Dasyatis vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Heliobatis radians, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon oblongus, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon dux, Trygon zignii, Trygon muricatus, Trygon rugosus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (3 collections), Romania (1), Togo (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (4: Alabama)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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