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Dasyatis rafinesquei

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Dasyatis rafinesquei was named by Kumar and Loyal (1987). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Muddy Boots Locality, which is in a Ypresian marine limestone in the Subathu Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Dasyatis rafinesquei Kumar and Loyal p. 67 figs. Plate II, 4-16, Fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusDasyatisRafinesque 1810
speciesrafinesquei

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Dasyatis rafinesquei Kumar and Loyal 1987
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Diagnosis
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