Dasyatis concavifoveus Cvancara and Hoganson 1993 (whiptail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Full reference: A. M. Cvancara and J. W. Hoganson. 1993. Vertebrates of the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene) in North and South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(1):1-23

Belongs to Dasyatis according to A. M. Cvancara and J. W. Hoganson 1993

Sister taxa: Dasyatis africana, Dasyatis americana, Dasyatis borodini, Dasyatis branisai, Dasyatis carolinensis, Dasyatis cavernosa, Dasyatis centroura, Dasyatis charlisae, 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, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon dux, Trygon muricatus, Trygon zignii, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon rugosus, Heliobatis radians

Type specimen: USNM 456243, a set of teeth

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dasyatis concavifoveus in the database

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