Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: G. R. Case. 1981. Late Eocene Selachians from South-Central Georgia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 176(Lfg. 1-3):52-79
Belongs to Dasyatis according to G. R. Case 1981
Sister taxa: Dasyatis africana, Dasyatis americana, 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, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Heliobatis radians, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon zignii, Trygon rugosus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon dux, Trygon oblongus
Type specimen: USNM 23559, a tooth. Its type locality is Huber Kaolin Quarry, which is in an Eocene marine claystone in the Jacksonian Formation of Georgia.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Huber Kaolin Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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