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Dasyatis datasi

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Dasyatis datasi was named by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mera el Arech, sillon B, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Dasyatis datasi Noubhani and Cappetta p. 99 figs. Pl 51, figs 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
RankNameAuthor
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusDasyatisRafinesque 1810
speciesdatasi

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.

†Dasyatis datasi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco Dasyatis datasi (116904 214849 type locality: 214851)