Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Belongs to Dasyatis according to Casier 1946
Sister taxa: Dasyatis africana, Dasyatis americana, Dasyatis borodini, Dasyatis branisai, Dasyatis cavernosa, Dasyatis centroura, Dasyatis charlisae, Dasyatis concavifoveus, Dasyatis davisi, Dasyatis gigas, Dasyatis hexagonalis, Dasyatis margaritella, Dasyatis molassicus, Dasyatis molinoensis, Dasyatis pastinaca, Dasyatis probsti, Dasyatis rafinesquei, Dasyatis rugosa, Dasyatis russelli, Dasyatis say, Dasyatis schaefferi, Dasyatis serralheiroi, Dasyatis sessaoensis, Dasyatis sudrei, Dasyatis tetraedra, Dasyatis ujo, Dasyatis vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Trygon dux, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon zignii, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon jaekeli, Trygon oblongus, Trygon muricatus, Heliobatis radians
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Mississippi collection)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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