Subfamily Urogymninae Gray 1851 (whiptail stingray)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Parent taxon: Dasyatidae according to P. R. Last et al. 2016
See also Adnet et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Agabelus, Amphotistius, Anacanthus, Dasyatinae, Dasyatis dezignoi, Disceus, Discobatis, Discotrygon, Elipesurus, Glikmania, Hemiptychodus, Hypolophinae, Neotrygoninae, Palaeodasyatis, Paratrygon, Pastinaca, Rhachinotus, Sporetodus, Tethytrygon, Trygonobatus, Uroxis, Viperecucullus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (2 collections)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Brunei Darussalam (1), Madagascar (1)
• Oligocene of Oman (2), Pakistan (2)
• Eocene of Egypt (3), Tunisia (1), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence