Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: D. J. Ward. 1979. Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 2. A new species of Dasyatis (Sting Ray) from the London Clay (Eocene) of Essex, England. Tertiary Research 2(2):75-81
Belongs to Dasyatis according to D. J. Ward 1979
See also Cappetta 1987
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 fallax, Dasyatis gigas, Dasyatis hastata, Dasyatis hexagonalis, Dasyatis jaekeli, 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, Heliobatis radians, Trygon rugosus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon oblongus, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon dux, Trygon zignii
Type specimen: BMNH P. 59560. Its type locality is Ockendon Clay Plant, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ockendon Clay Plant
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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