Taeniura Miller and Henle 1837 (whiptail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Alternative spelling: Trygon (Taeniura)

Parent taxon: Neotrygoninae according to P. R. Last et al. 2016

See also Jaekel 1894, Jordan 1963 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Mecotrygon, Neotrygon

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Libya (1 collection)

• Miocene of Brazil (1)

• Oligocene of Oman (2)

• Eocene of Egypt (3)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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