Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Alternative combination: Trygon jaekeli
Belongs to Dasyatis according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Cappetta 1987, Casier 1946, Dica et al. 1996 and Leriche 1926
Sister taxa: Dasyatis africana, Dasyatis americana, Dasyatis borodini, Dasyatis branisai, Dasyatis carolinensis, Dasyatis cavernosa, Dasyatis centroura, Dasyatis charlisae, Dasyatis concavifoveus, Dasyatis datasi, Dasyatis davisi, Dasyatis duponti, Dasyatis gigas, Dasyatis hastata, Dasyatis hexagonalis, Dasyatis margaritella, Dasyatis martini, Dasyatis molassicus, Dasyatis molinoensis, Dasyatis northdakotaensis, Dasyatis pastinaca, Dasyatis ponsi, Dasyatis probsti, Dasyatis rafinesquei, Dasyatis rugosa, Dasyatis russelli, Dasyatis say, Dasyatis schaefferi, Dasyatis serralheiroi, Dasyatis sessaoensis, Dasyatis speetonensis, Dasyatis strangulata, Dasyatis sudrei, Dasyatis tetraedra, Dasyatis tricuspidatus, Dasyatis ujo, Dasyatis vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Heliobatis radians, Trygon dux, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon zignii, Trygon rugosus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon gazzolae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Romania (1 collection), Togo (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (2: Alabama)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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