Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: F. C. Cassier. 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 americana, Dasyatis borodini, Dasyatis branisai, Dasyatis carolinensis, Dasyatis cavernosa, Dasyatis centroura, Dasyatis charlisae, Dasyatis concavifoveus, Dasyatis datasi, Dasyatis duponti, Dasyatis gigas, Dasyatis hastata, Dasyatis hexagonalis, Dasyatis jaekeli, Dasyatis margaritella, Dasyatis martini, Dasyatis molassicus, Dasyatis molinoensis, Dasyatis northdakotaensis, Dasyatis pastinaca, Dasyatis ponsi, Dasyatis probsti, Dasyatis rafinesquei, Dasyatis rugosa, Dasyatis russelli, Dasyatis say, Dasyatis schaefferi, Dasyatis serralheiroi, Dasyatis sessaoensis, Dasyatis speetonensis, Dasyatis strangulata, Dasyatis sudrei, Dasyatis tetraedra, Dasyatis tricuspidatus, Dasyatis ujo, Dasyatis vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Heliobatis radians, Trygon dux, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon zignii, Trygon rugosus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon gazzolae
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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