Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: F. C. Casier. 1966. Faune Ichthyologique du London Clay. 1-496
Belongs to Dasyatis according to E. Casier 1966
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 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 gazzolae, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon rugosus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon dux, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon zignii, Heliobatis radians
Type specimen: BMNH P 21270. Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection)
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