Dasyatis speetonensis Underwood et al. 1999 (whiptail stingray)

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 americana, Dasyatis borodini, Dasyatis branisai, Dasyatis carolinensis, Dasyatis cavernosa, Dasyatis centroura, Dasyatis charlisae, 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 say, Dasyatis schaefferi, Dasyatis serralheiroi, Dasyatis sessaoensis, Dasyatis strangulata, Dasyatis sudrei, Dasyatis tetraedra, Dasyatis tricuspidatus, Dasyatis ujo, Dasyatis vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Heliobatis radians, Trygon muricatus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon rugosus, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon dux, Trygon zignii

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,

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