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Dasyatis pastinaca

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Raja pastinaca was named by Linnaeus (1758).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dasyatis ujus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Dasyatis pastinaca by Balbino and Antunes (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Raja pastinaca Linnaeus
2006Dasyatis pastinaca Balbino and Antunes p. 751

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusDasyatisRafinesque 1810
speciespastinaca(Linnaeus 1758)

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 pastinaca Linnaeus 1758
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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 MN 13 or 7.24600 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Dasyatis pastinaca (91423)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Dasyatis pastinaca (65954)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Dasyatis pastinaca (65955)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Dasyatis pastinaca (136597)