Dasyatis tricuspidatus Casier 1946 (whiptail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Full reference: E. Casier. 1946. La faune ichthyologique de l'Ypresien de la Belgique. Memoires Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 104:1-267

Belongs to Dasyatis according to H. Cappetta 1987

See also Casier 1946

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 sudrei, Dasyatis tetraedra, Dasyatis ujo, Dasyatis vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Trygon rugosus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon muricatus, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon dux, Trygon zignii, Heliobatis radians

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Mississippi, South Carolina collections)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Mississippi)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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