Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Full reference: G. R. Case, P.D. Borodin, and J.J. Leggett. 2001. Fossil selachians from the New Egypt Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Late Maastrichtian) of Arneytown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 261(Lfg. 4-6):113-124

Belongs to Dasyatis according to G. R. Case et al. 2001

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 martini, Dasyatis molassicus, Dasyatis molinoensis, 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, Trygon rugosus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon muricatus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon zignii, Trygon oblongus, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon dux, Heliobatis radians

Type specimen: AMNH 19732, a tooth. Its type locality is Deep Run, southeast of Arneytown, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the New Egypt Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Deep Run, southeast of Arneytown

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