Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1975. Sur quelques sélaciens nouveaux du Crétacé supérieur de Bolivie (Amérique du Sud). Geobios 8:5-24
Belongs to Dasyatis according to H. Cappetta 1987
See also Cappetta 1975
Sister taxa: Dasyatis africana, Dasyatis americana, Dasyatis borodini, 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, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon zignii, Trygon dux, Trygon muricatus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon rugosus, Heliobatis radians
Type specimen: Its type locality is Torotoro bone bed (Branisa collection), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the El Molino Formation of Bolivia
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bolivia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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