Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Alternative combination: Raja fallax
Belongs to Dasyatis according to J. Herman 1977
See also Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Corral 1999, Corral et al. 2016 and Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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 gigas, Dasyatis hastata, Dasyatis hexagonalis, 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, Heliobatis radians, Trygon zignii, Trygon dux, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon oblongus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon rugosus, Trygon alveolatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tranchée de Caster, Albert Canal (coprolite horizon) (Cretaceous of Belgium)
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