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Potamotrygon

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Potamotrygonidae

Taxonomy
Potamotrygon was named by Garman (1877). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dasyatidae by Jordan (1963); and to Potamotrygonidae by Adnet et al. (2014).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Potamotrygon Garman p. 389
1963Potamotrygon Jordan p. 604
2014Potamotrygon Adnet et al. p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyPotamotrygonidae
genusPotamotrygonGarman 1877

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.

G. Potamotrygon Garman 1877
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Potamotrygon ucayalensis Adnet et al. 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available