Dasyatis centroura Mitchill 1814 (whiptail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Alternative combination: Raja centroura

Belongs to Dasyatis according to A. C. Balbino and M. T. Antunes 2006

See also Purdy et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Dasyatis africana, Dasyatis americana, Dasyatis borodini, Dasyatis branisai, Dasyatis carolinensis, Dasyatis cavernosa, 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 ponsi, 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 alveolatus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon dux, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon rugosus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon zignii

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Libya (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• MN 13 of Portugal (2)

• Miocene of Portugal (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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