Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Full reference: D. J. Ward. 1979. Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 2. A new species of Dasyatis (Sting Ray) from the London Clay (Eocene) of Essex, England. Tertiary Research 2(2):75-81

Belongs to Dasyatis according to D. J. Ward 1979

See also Cappetta 1987

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 jaekeli, 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, Trygon rugosus, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon zignii, Trygon oblongus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon dux, Heliobatis radians

Type specimen: BMNH P. 59560. Its type locality is Ockendon Clay Plant, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ockendon Clay Plant

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