Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Full reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327

Belongs to Dasyatis according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Dasyatis africana, Dasyatis borodini, Dasyatis branisai, Dasyatis carolinensis, Dasyatis cavernosa, Dasyatis charlisae, Dasyatis commercensis, Dasyatis concavifoveus, Dasyatis datasi, Dasyatis davisi, Dasyatis fallax, Dasyatis gigas, Dasyatis hastata, Dasyatis hexagonalis, Dasyatis jaekeli, Dasyatis manuelcamposi, Dasyatis margaritella, 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 speetonensis, Dasyatis strangulata, Dasyatis sudrei, Dasyatis tetraedra, Dasyatis tricuspidatus, Dasyatis vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Heliobatis radians, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon dux, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon zignii, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon rugosus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon oblongus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Imin Tanout, level P2 (IMM), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in Morocco

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Imin Tanout, level P2 (IMM)

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