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, Heliobatis radians, Trygon rugosus, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon dux, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon zignii
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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