Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: R. S. Loyal. 1984. On a new species of a stingray fish from Subatu Formation, Subathu, Himachal Pradesh, India. Bulletin - Indian Geologists' association 17(1):57-65
Belongs to Dasyatis according to R. S. Loyal 1984
See also Kumar and Loyal 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 wochadunensis, Trygon zignii, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon dux, Trygon rugosus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon muricatus, Heliobatis radians
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kuthar Bridge, which is in a Ypresian marine limestone in the Subathu Formation of India
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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