Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Alternative spelling: Trygon (Taeniura)
Parent taxon: Dasyatidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963
See also Jaekel 1894 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Agabelus, Amphotistius, Anacanthus, Dasyatinae, Dasyatis, Dasyatis dezignoi, Disceus, Discobatis, Discotrygon, Ellipesurus, Glikmania, Hemiptychodus, Hemitrygon, Hypolophites, Hypolophus, Neotrygon, Neotrygoninae, Palaeodasyatis, Paratrygon, Pastinaca, Pastinachus, Pteroplatytrygon, Rhachinotus, Sporetodus, Taeniurops, Tethytrygon, Trygonobatus, Urogymnus, Uroxis, Viperecucullus
Subtaxa: Taeniura grabata
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Libya (1 collection)
• MN 13 of Portugal (1)
• Miocene of Panama (3), Portugal (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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