Pastinaca Dekay 1842 (whiptail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Parent taxon: Dasyatidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

See also Leidy 1860

Sister taxa: Agabelus, Amphotistius, Anacanthus, Dasyatinae, Dasyatis dezignoi, Disceus, Discobatis, Discotrygon, Elipesurus, Glikmania, Glyckmania, Hemiptychodus, Hypolophinae, Neotrygoninae, Palaeodasyatis, Paratrygon, Rhachinotus, Sporetodus, Tethytrygon, Trygonobatus, Urogymninae, Uroxis, Viperecucullus

Subtaxa: Pastinaca hastata

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pastinaca in the database

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