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Dasyatoidea

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Dasyatoidea Whitley
1984Dasyatoidea Cappetta
1987Dasyatoidea Cappetta p. 162
1991Dasyatoidea Müller and Diedrich p. 49
2007Dasyatoidea Kriwet et al.
2012Dasyatoidea Guinot et al. p. 470
2025Dasyatoidea Popov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyDasyatoideaWhitley 1940
superfamilyDasyatoideaWhitley 1940

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.

Superfm. Dasyatoidea Whitley 1940
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G. †Arechia Cappetta 1983
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†Arechia arambourgi Cappetta 1983
†Arechia crassicaudata de Blainville 1818
G. †Coupatezia Cappetta 1982
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†Coupatezia ambroggii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia attiai Cook 2010
†Coupatezia boujoi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia chariri Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia cristata Adnet et al. 2020
†Coupatezia danica Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia elevata Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia fallax Arambourg 1952
†Coupatezia laevis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia larivei Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia melittiana Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia reniformis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Coupatezia trempina Kriwet et al. 2007
†Coupatezia turneri Case and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982
G. †Dasyrhombodus Noubhani and Cappetta 1994
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†Dasyrhombodus bondoni Arambourg 1952
G. †Delpitia Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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†Delpitia reticulata Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
G. †Heterobatis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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†Heterobatis talbaouii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
G. †Heterotorpedo Ward 1983
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†Heterotorpedo brahimi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
†Heterotorpedo fowleri Ward 1983
†Heterotorpedo lyazidii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
G. †Ishaquia Noubhani and Cappetta 1995
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†Ishaquia globidens Arambourg 1952
G. †Lessiniabatis Marramà et al. 2019
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†Lessiniabatis aenigmatica Marramà et al. 2019
G. †Merabatis Cappetta 1983
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†Merabatis praealba Arambourg 1952
G. †Myliodasyatis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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†Myliodasyatis meskalaensis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
G. †Potobatis Cappetta and Gayet 2013
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†Potobatis semperei Cappetta and Gayet 2013
G. †Prosopodon Noubhani and Cappetta 1995
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†Prosopodon assafai Noubhani and Cappetta 1995
G. †Saltirius Cook et al. 2014
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†Saltirius utahensis Cook et al. 2014
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Piacenzian or 100.50000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (128 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Dasyatoidea indet. (213567)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Syria Coupatezia sp. (117853 117854 117857)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan Dasyatoidea indet. (65223)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Coupatezia sp., Coupatezia trempina (76212)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Coupatezia ambroggii (116901 214826) Coupatezia sp., Dasyatoidea indet., Coupatezia ambroggii (116903) Dasyatoidea indet. (116902)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt Coupatezia sp. 1, Coupatezia sp. 2 (275565) Coupatezia sp. 3 (275566)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria Coupatezia sp. (228232)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco (Beni Mellal) Coupatezia elevata, Coupatezia reniformis, Coupatezia fallax, Dasyrhombodus bondoni (214842)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Coupatezia elevata (214374 214375 214835) Coupatezia elevata, Coupatezia fallax (99627 214831) Coupatezia elevata, Coupatezia reniformis (214368) Coupatezia elevata, Coupatezia reniformis, Coupatezia fallax (214838) Coupatezia elevata, Dasyrhombodus bondoni (213665 213666 214837) Dasyrhombodus bondoni (214830 214836)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Coupatezia turneri (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) Coupatezia fallax (176782 213730)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Midi-Pyrénées) Coupatezia sp. (199535)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Coupatezia sp. (58100)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Morocco Coupatezia laevis, Coupatezia fallax, Prosopodon assafai, Heterotorpedo lyazidii (214373)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Bolivia Potobatis semperei (276547)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Morocco Coupatezia chariri, Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia laevis, Ishaquia globidens, Prosopodon assafai, Coupatezia melittiana, Delpitia reticulata, Heterotorpedo lyazidii, Myliodasyatis meskalaensis (91362) Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia laevis, Coupatezia fallax, Heterotorpedo lyazidii (214834) Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia laevis, Heterotorpedo lyazidii (116900) Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia laevis, Ishaquia globidens, Prosopodon assafai, Heterotorpedo lyazidii, Myliodasyatis meskalaensis (214369) Coupatezia laevis, Ishaquia globidens, Prosopodon assafai, Heterotorpedo lyazidii, Myliodasyatis meskalaensis (214370) Coupatezia laevis, Prosopodon assafai, Heterotorpedo lyazidii (214372) Prosopodon assafai (214371)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Morocco Coupatezia larivei, Ishaquia globidens, Heterobatis talbaouii, Heterotorpedo brahimi (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco Dasyatoidea indet., Coupatezia larivei, Ishaquia globidens, Delpitia reticulata, Heterobatis talbaouii, Heterotorpedo brahimi (214848) Dasyatoidea indet., Delpitia reticulata, Heterobatis talbaouii, Heterotorpedo brahimi (214839)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Mississippi) Coupatezia woutersi (62872)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0France (Oise) Coupatezia sp. (166598)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France Coupatezia sp., Heterotorpedo sp. (276442) Heterotorpedo sp., Coupatezia larivei (277713)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Morocco Dasyatoidea indet., Coupatezia larivei, Heterotorpedo brahimi (214833)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Arechia sp., Coupatezia sp. (61561)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Coupatezia woutersi, Heterotorpedo fowleri (186974)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Algeria Heterotorpedo brahimi (232262)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07Saudi Arabia Dasyatoidea indet. (37182)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Coupatezia woutersi (62890)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India Heterotorpedo sp. (210158)
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Coupatezia sp. (68440)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco Coupatezia boujoi, Arechia arambourgi (158991 214840 214841 214846 214847) Coupatezia boujoi, Arechia arambourgi, Merabatis praealba (116904 214849 214850) Dasyatoidea indet., Coupatezia boujoi, Arechia arambourgi, Merabatis praealba (214851)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Denmark Coupatezia miretrainensis (277915)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Heterotorpedo sp. (55494)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Coupatezia woutersi (28490)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Senegal Arechia sp., Coupatezia sp., Dasyatoidea indet. (209379)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (South Carolina) Coupatezia sp. (203258)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Heterotorpedo fowleri (277579 277580)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Rajasthan) Coupatezia sp., Heterotorpedo sp. (277682)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Netherlands Arechia sp. (276519)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Lessiniabatis aenigmatica (55239)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Coupatezia woutersi, Heterotorpedo fowleri (15595)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Coupatezia sp. (81179 209524)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Coupatezia woutersi (3256 3257)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium Coupatezia woutersi (77613 242331)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Coupatezia sp. (13346) Coupatezia woutersi (276540)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Coupatezia sp. A, Coupatezia sp. C, Coupatezia miretrainensis (61215) Coupatezia sp. B (277212) Coupatezia sp. B, Coupatezia woutersi (277214 277215 277216) Coupatezia spp. (74858)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Coupatezia woutersi (41989 41992 41994 41996 41998) Heterotorpedo fowleri (277581 277582 277583)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal Coupatezia sp. (133429) Coupatezia sp., Dasyatoidea indet. (209380)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Togo Arechia sp., Coupatezia sp., Merabatis sp. (32991)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Jordan Merabatis sp. (65226)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Morocco Arechia sp., Coupatezia sp., Dasyatoidea indet. (91339)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Netherlands Coupatezia sp. (276459)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71China (Xinjiang) Coupatezia woutersi (278018 278019)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Uzbekistan Coupatezia woutersi (62573)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Coupatezia sp. (140018)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Arechia sp., Pachygymnura attiai, Coupatezia cristata (173640)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71India (Rajasthan) Coupatezia sp. (277019)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Coupatezia miretrainensis (277204 277209 277210) Coupatezia sp. B, Coupatezia miretrainensis (161753 277206) Dasyatis duponti (276546)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Utah) Dasyatidae indet. (16877)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Coupatezia sp. (137550 137551 137554 137560 137561 137564 137579 137581 137582 145984)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Dasyatoidea indet. (241729)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece (Crete) Dasyatoidea indet. (207303)