Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Alternative spelling: Dasybatidae
Parent taxon: Myliobatoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Balbino and Antunes 2006, Bogan and Gallina 2011, Cappetta 1987, Carnevale et al. 2014, Case 1978, Case 1981, Cassier 1966, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, David 1943, Ebersole et al. 2019, Estes 1964, Estes and Berberian 1970, Hay 1902, Herman 1977, Jonet 1968, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Landau et al. 2025, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Rana et al. 2021, Tabuce et al. 2005, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Underwood 2006 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Aetobatidae, Aturobatis, Gymnuridae, Hexatrygonidae, Mobulidae, Myliobatidae, Plesiobatidae, Potamotrygonidae, Rhinopteridae, Rhombodontidae, Urolophidae, Urotrygonidae, Zanobatidae
Subtaxa: Agabelus Amphotistius Anacanthus Dasyatinae Dasyatis dezignoi Disceus Discobatis Discotrygon Elipesurus Glikmania Hemiptychodus Hypolophinae Neotrygoninae Palaeodasyatis Paratrygon Pastinaca Rhachinotus Sporetodus Tethytrygon Trygonobatus Urogymninae Uroxis Viperecucullus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Kenya (17), Taiwan (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (11: California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), Italy (2), Libya (1), Spain (4), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), Australia (1), Austria (4), Belgium (5), Brazil (1), Brunei Darussalam (1), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (2), Czechia (2), Ecuador (2), France (4), Germany (5), India (3), Indonesia (1), Japan (2), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (2), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (8), Peru (6), Poland (1), Portugal (10), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (2), Sri Lanka (2), United States (14: California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (6)
• Oligocene of Angola (1), Australia (1), Belgium (2), France (1), Germany (4), Oman (3), Pakistan (2), Peru (2), United States (4: Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Belgium (3), Egypt (20), France (17), India (8), Italy (3), Jordan (2), Morocco (4), Myanmar (1), the Netherlands (9), Pakistan (1), Romania (1), Senegal (3), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (12), United States (21: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (2)
• Paleocene to Eocene of India (1)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Belgium (2), Morocco (15), Niger (1), Sweden (1), Togo (1), United States (12: Arkansas, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Morocco (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Belgium (1), Bolivia (3), France (1), India (4), Jordan (3), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (16: Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 342 collections including 498 occurrences