Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Alternative combinations: Raja muricata, Trygon (Taeniura) muricata
Belongs to Trygon according to C. R. Eastman 1904
See also Jaekel 1894
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 tricuspidatus, Dasyatis ujo, Dasyatis vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Trygon oblongus, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon dux, Trygon zignii, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon rugosus, Heliobatis radians
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca (Canossa collection) (Eocene of Italy)
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