Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood, S. F. Michell, and K. J. Veltkamp. 1999. Shark and Ray teeth from the Hauterivian (Lower Cretaceous) of north-east England. Palaeontology 42(2):287-302
Belongs to Dasyatis according to C. J. Underwood et al. 1999
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 fallax, 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 strangulata, Dasyatis sudrei, Dasyatis tetraedra, Dasyatis thierryi, Dasyatis tochtabusiensis, Dasyatis tricuspidatus, Dasyatis vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon rugosus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon dux, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon zignii, Heliobatis radians
Type specimen: LIVCM 1998.48.P, a tooth. Its type locality is Bed C7H, Speeton,, which is in a Hauterivian transition zone/lower shoreface claystone in the Speeton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bed C7H, Speeton,
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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