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Hypanus dipterurus (diamond stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Dasybatis dipterurus was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1880). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dasyatis dipterurus by Fitch (1970); it was recombined as Dasyatis dipterura by Ebert (2003); it was recombined as Hypanus dipterurus by Last et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Dasybatis dipterurus Jordan and Gilbert
1970Dasyatis dipterurus Fitch p. 12
2003Dasyatis dipterura Ebert p. 217
2016Hypanus dipterurus Last et al. p. 356

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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
genusHypanusRafinesque 1818
speciesdipterurus(Jordan and Gilbert 1880)

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.

Hypanus dipterurus Jordan and Gilbert 1880 [diamond 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, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Dasyatis dipterurus (84895)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Dasyatis dipterurus (85314 226567 226585)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Dasyatis dipterura (276600)