Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Belongs to Dasyatis according to Dartevelle and Casier 1959
Sister taxa: 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 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, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Trygon dux, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon zignii, Trygon muricatus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon rugosus, Heliobatis radians
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (16 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences
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