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Dasyatis

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Dasyatis Rafinesque
1817Trygon Cuvier
1835Trygon Agassiz p. 38ff
1860Alexandrinum Molin
1873Trygon Leidy p. 353
1888Trygon Davis p. 37
1889Trygon Woodward p. 152
1894Trygon Jaekel p. 63
1902Dasyatis Hay p. 319
1904Trygon Eastman p. 23
1918Trygon Chapman p. 22
1924Trygon Chapman and Cudmore p. 138
1926Trygon Leriche p. 385
1926Trygon de Beaufort p. 119
1942Trygon Leriche p. 13
1946Dasyatis Casier p. 101
1963Dasyatis Jordan p. 604
1963Trygon Jordan p. 604
1966Dasyatis Casier p. 91
1968Dasyatis Jonet p. 247
1969Trygon Deraniyagala p. 7
1981Dasyatis Thurmond and Jones p. 74
1987Dasyatis Cappetta p. 163
1989Dasyatis Bryant p. 13
1993Dasyatis Cvancara and Hoganson p. 10
1996Dasyatis Dica et al. p. 120
1997Dasyatis Noubhani and Cappetta p. 99
1999Dasyatis Underwood et al. p. 294
2001Dasyatis Purdy et al. p. 90
2002Dasyatis Sepkoski
2005Dasyatis Tabuce et al. p. 387
2006Dasyatis Balbino and Antunes p. 748
2006Dasyatis Rana et al. p. 519
2009Dasyatis Cicimurri and Knight p. 637
2015Dasyatis Reinecke and Radwanski p. 14
2018Dasyatis Kent p. 126
2018Dasyatis Marramà et al. p. 287
2019Dasyatis Ebersole et al. p. 112
2019Dasyatis Hoganson et al. p. 40
2020Dasyatis Villafaña et al.
2022Dasyatis Cicimurri et al.
2023Dasyatis Guinot et al. pp. 17-19 fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusDasyatisRafinesque 1810

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Dasyatis Rafinesque 1810
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Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959
Dasyatis americana Hildebrand and Schroeder 1928
Dasyatis borodini Case 1981
Dasyatis branisai Cappetta 1975
Dasyatis carolinensis Emmons 1858
Dasyatis cavernosa Probst 1877
Dasyatis centroura Mitchill 1814
Dasyatis charlisae Case 1981
Dasyatis concavifoveus Cvancara and Hoganson 1993
Dasyatis datasi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Dasyatis davisi Cassier 1966
Dasyatis duponti Winkler 1874
Dasyatis gigas Gunther 1870
Dasyatis hastata De Kay 1842
Dasyatis hexagonalis Arambourg 1952
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906
Dasyatis margaritella Compagno and Roberts 1984
Dasyatis martini Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Dasyatis molassicus Probst 1877
Dasyatis molinoensis Cappetta 1975
Dasyatis northdakotaensis Hoganson et al. 2019
Dasyatis pastinaca Linnaeus 1758
Dasyatis ponsi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Dasyatis probsti Cappetta 1970
Dasyatis rafinesquei Kumar and Loyal 1987
Dasyatis rugosa Probst 1877
Dasyatis russelli Cappetta 1972
Dasyatis say Lesueur 1817
Dasyatis schaefferi Cappetta 1975
Dasyatis serralheiroi Cappetta 1970
Dasyatis sessaoensis Cappetta 1972
Dasyatis speetonensis Underwood et al. 1999
Dasyatis strangulata Probst 1877
Dasyatis sudrei Cappetta 1972
Dasyatis tetraedra Arambourg 1952
Dasyatis tricuspidatus Casier 1946
Dasyatis ujo Rafinesque 1810
Dasyatis vicaryi Loyal 1984
Invalid names: Alexandrinum Molin 1860 [synonym], Heliobatis [synonym], Trygon Cuvier 1817 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Holocene or 136.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 130.0 Ma

Collections (201 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0New Zealand (South Island) Trygon sp. (204190)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) D. speetonensis (66420)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) D. sp. (128412)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) D. sp. (83331)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) D. sp. (58101)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Bolivia D. branisai, D. molinoensis, D. schaefferi (229879) D. sp. (229877)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) D. sp. (60397)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) D. commercensis (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) D. northdakotaensis (213580)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco D. martini (214368) D. sp. (99627)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) D. sp. (122240)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) D. sp. (58102)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) D. branisai, D. molinoensis, D. schaefferi (12855)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) D. newegyptensis (61807)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Morocco D. hexagonalis, D. tetraedra (214373)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (14729 14730)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) D. crosswickense (62840)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Morocco D. hexagonalis (83311 137839) D. hexagonalis, D. tetraedra (91362 116900 137838 210053 214369 214370) D. hexagonalis, D. tetraedra, D. ponsi (214372 214834) D. tetraedra (214832)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Arkansas) D. sp., D. hexagonalis (206776)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Morocco D. ponsi (214839 214848)