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Bathytoshia centroura (roughtail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Raja centroura was named by Mitchill (1814). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dasyatis centroura by Purdy et al. (2001), Balbino and Antunes (2006); it was recombined as Bathytoshia centroura by Last et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Raja centroura Mitchill
2001Dasyatis centroura Purdy et al. p. 92
2006Dasyatis centroura Balbino and Antunes p. 749
2016Bathytoshia centroura Last et al. p. 354

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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
subfamilyDasyatinaeJordan and Gilbert 1879
genusBathytoshiaWhitley 1933
speciescentroura(Mitchill 1814)

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.

Bathytoshia centroura Mitchill 1814 [roughtail stingray]
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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: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Dasyatis centroura (65954 91423)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal (Alvalade) Dasyatis centroura (65955)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Dasyatis centroura (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Dasyatis centroura (136597)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Dasyatis centroura (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grand do Sul) Dasyatis centroura (211308)