Trygon vorstmani de Beaufort 1926 (whiptail stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Full reference: L. F. de Beaufort. 1926. On a collection of marine fishes from the Miocene of South Celebes. Geologische Onderzoekingen in den Oostelijken Oost-Indischen Archiepel 117-148

Belongs to Trygon according to L. F. de Beaufort 1926

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 vicaryi, Dasyatis wochadunensis, Heliobatis radians, Trygon rugosus, Trygon muricatus, Trygon dux, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon oblongus, Trygon sinhaleyus, Trygon zignii, Trygon gazzolae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Patanuang Asue, which is in a Miocene marine limestone in the Tonasa Limestone Formation of Indonesia

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Patanuang Asue

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