Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1972. Les poissons crétacés et tertiaires du bassin des Iullemmeden (République du Niger). Palaeovertebrata 5:179-251
Belongs to Dasyatis according to H. Cappetta 1987
See also Cappetta 1972
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 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 Sessao, which is in a Thanetian marginal marine marl in Niger
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sessao
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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