Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: P. E. P. Deraniyagala. 1969. A Miocene vertebrate faunule from the Malu member of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 31(II):1-17
Belongs to Trygon according to P. E. P. Deraniyagala 1969
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, Trygon muricatus, Trygon alveolatus, Trygon vorstmani, Trygon dux, Trygon zignii, Trygon gazzolae, Trygon rugosus, Trygon oblongus, Heliobatis radians
Type specimen: Its type locality is Aruwakkalu Hill, which is in a Langhian marine sandstone in the Jaffna Limestone Formation of Sri Lanka
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Sri Lanka (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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