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 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 probsti, Dasyatis rafinesquei, Dasyatis rugosa, Dasyatis russelli, Dasyatis say, Dasyatis schaefferi, Dasyatis serralheiroi, Dasyatis sessaoensis, Dasyatis speetonensis, 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: Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun, recette IV, couche 2a, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marine sandstone in Morocco
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Morocco (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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