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Dasyatidae (whiptail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Dasyatis dezignoi Molin
1875Agabelus Cope p. 363
1875Agabelus porcatus Cope p. 363
1888Dasyatidae Jordan
1890Agabelus Cope p. 604
1898Agabelus Trouessart p. 1025
1898Agabelus porcatus Trouessart p. 1025
1902Dasyatidae Hay p. 318
1902Agabelus Hay p. 593
1902Agabelus porcatus Hay p. 593
1903Agabelus Rhoads p. 248
1903Agabelus porcatus Rhoads p. 248
1904Agabelus Trouessart p. 762
1904Agabelus porcatus Trouessart p. 762
1928Agabelus Kellogg
1930Agabelus Hay p. 589
1930Agabelus porcatus Hay p. 589
1943Dasybatidae David p. 81
1945Agabelus Simpson p. 103
1963Dasyatidae Jordan p. 604
1964Dasyatidae Estes p. 15
1966Dasyatidae Cassier p. 91
1968Dasyatidae Jonet p. 247
1970Dasyatidae Estes and Berberian p. 3
1977Dasyatidae Herman p. 277
1978Dasyatidae Case p. 198
1981Dasyatidae Case p. 68
1981Dasyatidae Thurmond and Jones p. 73
1987Dasyatidae Cappetta p. 163
1987Dasyatidae Kumar and Loyal p. 67
1988Agabelus Carroll
1993Dasyatidae Cvancara and Hoganson p. 10
1997Agabelus McKenna and Bell p. 372
2001Dasyatidae Purdy et al. p. 90
2002Agabelus Sepkoski
2005Dasyatidae Tabuce et al. p. 387
2006Dasyatidae Balbino and Antunes p. 748
2006Dasyatidae Underwood p. 234
2009Dasyatidae Cicimurri and Knight p. 637
2011Dasyatidae Bogan and Gallina
2014Dasyatidae Carnevale et al. p. 41
2016Dasyatidae Nelson et al. p. 90
2018Dasyatidae Kent p. 126
2019Dasyatidae Ebersole et al. p. 112
2020Dasyatidae Villafaña et al. p. 744
2022Dasyatidae Cicimurri et al.
2025Dasyatidae Cicimurri et al. p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Dasyatidae Jordan 1888 [whiptail stingray]
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G. †Amphotistius Garman 1913
G. Dasyatis Rafinesque 1810
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†Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959
†Dasyatis americana Hildebrand and Schroeder 1928
†Dasyatis borodini Case 1981
†Dasyatis branisai Cappetta 1975
†Dasyatis carolinensis Emmons 1858
†Dasyatis cavernosa Probst 1877
Dasyatis centroura Mitchill 1814
†Dasyatis charlisae Case 1981
†Dasyatis concavifoveus Cvancara and Hoganson 1993
†Dasyatis datasi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Dasyatis davisi Cassier 1966
†Dasyatis duponti Winkler 1874
†Dasyatis gigas Gunther 1870
†Dasyatis hastata De Kay 1842
†Dasyatis hexagonalis Arambourg 1952
†Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906
†Dasyatis margaritella Compagno and Roberts 1984
†Dasyatis martini Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Dasyatis molassicus Probst 1877
†Dasyatis molinoensis Cappetta 1975
†Dasyatis northdakotaensis Hoganson et al. 2019
†Dasyatis pastinaca Linnaeus 1758
†Dasyatis ponsi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Dasyatis probsti Cappetta 1970
†Dasyatis rafinesquei Kumar and Loyal 1987
†Dasyatis rugosa Probst 1877
†Dasyatis russelli Cappetta 1972
†Dasyatis schaefferi Cappetta 1975
†Dasyatis serralheiroi Cappetta 1970
†Dasyatis sessaoensis Cappetta 1972
†Dasyatis speetonensis Underwood et al. 1999
†Dasyatis strangulata Probst 1877
†Dasyatis sudrei Cappetta 1972
†Dasyatis tetraedra Arambourg 1952
†Dasyatis tricuspidatus Casier 1946
†Dasyatis ujo Rafinesque 1810
†Dasyatis vicaryi Loyal 1984
Invalid names: Alexandrinum Molin 1860 [synonym], Heliobatis [synonym], Trygon Cuvier 1817 [synonym]
G. †Disceus Garman 1877
G. †Discobatis Miklukho-Maclay and Macleay 1886
G. †Discotrygon Fowler 1910
G. †Ellipesurus Schomburgk 1842
G. †Glikmania Case et al. 1996
G. †Hemiptychodus Jaekel 1894
G. †Hemitrygon Müller and Henle 1837
G. †Hypolophites Stromer 1910
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†Hypolophites mayumbensis Leriche 1913
†Hypolophites thaleri Cappetta 1972
G. †Hypolophus Muller and Henle 1837
G. †Neotrygon Castelnau 1873
Subfm. †Neotrygoninae Last 2016
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G. †Mecotrygon Adnet et al. 2020
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†Mecotrygon asperodentulus Adnet et al. 2020
G. †Palaeodasyatis Halter 1989
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†Palaeodasyatis hermani Halter 1989
G. †Paratrygon Dumeríl 1865
G. †Pastinaca Dekay 1842
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†Pastinaca hastata DeKay 1842
G. †Pastinachus Rüppell 1828
G. †Pteroplatytrygon Fowler 1910
G. †Rhachinotus Cantor 1849
G. †Sporetodus Cope 1874
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†Sporetodus janevaii Cope 1874
G. †Taeniura Miller and Henle 1837
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Taeniura grabata Saint-Hilaire 1817
G. †Taeniurops Garman 1913
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†Taeniurops cavernosus Probst 1877
†Taeniurops tosii Adnet and Charpentier 2022
G. †Tethytrygon Marramà et al. 2018
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†Tethytrygon muricatus Volta 1796
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Invalid names: Dasyatis zigni Molin 1861 [synonym]
G. †Urogymnus
G. †Uroxis Rafinesque 1810
G. †Viperecucullus Case 1996
Invalid names: Agabelus Cope 1875 [nomen dubium], Dasyatinae Jordan and Gilbert 1879 [empty], Dasyatis dezignoi Molin 1861 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available