Taeniurops Garman 1913 (whiptail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Parent taxon: Dasyatidae according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022

See also Adnet and Charpentier 2022, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015 and VillafaƱa et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Agabelus, Amphotistius, Anacanthus, Dasyatinae, Dasyatis, Dasyatis dezignoi, Disceus, Discobatis, Discotrygon, Ellipesurus, Glikmania, Hemiptychodus, Hemitrygon, Hypolophites, Hypolophus, Neotrygon, Neotrygoninae, Palaeodasyatis, Paratrygon, Pastinaca, Pastinachus, Pteroplatytrygon, Rhachinotus, Sporetodus, Taeniura, Tethytrygon, Trygonobatus, Urogymnus, Uroxis, Viperecucullus

Subtaxa: Taeniurops cavernosus Taeniurops tosii

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), Oman (1), Poland (1)

• Oligocene of United States (2: South Carolina)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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