Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1972. Les poissons crétacés et tertiaires du bassin des Iullemmeden (République du Niger). Palaeovertebrata 5:179-251
Belongs to Dasyatis according to G. Guinot et al. 2020
See also Cappetta 1972 and Cappetta 1987
Sister taxa: Dasyatis africana, Dasyatis americana, Dasyatis borodini, Dasyatis branisai, Dasyatis carolinensis, Dasyatis cavernosa, Dasyatis centroura, Dasyatis charlisae, Dasyatis commercensis, Dasyatis concavifoveus, Dasyatis datasi, Dasyatis davisi, 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 schaefferi, Dasyatis serralheiroi, Dasyatis sessaoensis, Dasyatis speetonensis, Dasyatis strangulata, Dasyatis tetraedra, Dasyatis tricuspidatus, Dasyatis ujo, Dasyatis vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon rugosus, Trygon dux, Trygon muricatus, Trygon zignii, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon oblongus, Heliobatis radians
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sessao, which is in a Thanetian marginal marine marl in Niger
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Morocco (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Niger (1), Togo (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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