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Dasyatis africana
Taxonomy
Dasyatis africana was named by Dartevelle and Casier (1959).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1959 | Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier |
1987 | Dasyatis africana Cappetta p. 163 |
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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 africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Collections (17 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Dasyatis africana (21292) | |
Gelasian | Kenya | Dasyatis africana (21398 21418 21420 21461 21483 21486 21504) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Dasyatis africana (21367 21370 21421 21462 21495 21498 22342) | |
Calabrian | Kenya | Dasyatis africana (21368 21450) |