†Palaeodasyatis hermani Halter 1989 (whiptail stingray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: M. C. Halter. 1989. Additions to the fish fauna of NW Europe A new dasyatid genus from the Early Palaeocene (Danian) of the Limburg area, Belgium. Tertiary Research 10(4):179-191
Belongs to Palaeodasyatis according to M. C. Halter 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IRSNB P 5056, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Vroenhoen, which is in a Danian carbonate chalk in the Houthem Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Vroenhoen
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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