Dasyatis hexagonalis Arambourg 1952 (whiptail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Belongs to Dasyatis according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

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 delfortriei, Dasyatis fallax, Dasyatis gigas, Dasyatis hastata, 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 zignii, Trygon muricatus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon dux, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon rugosus, Heliobatis radians

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Morocco (10 collections), United States (1: Arkansas)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Morocco (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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