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Trygon sinhaleyus

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Trygon sinhaleyus was named by Deraniyagala (1969). Its type locality is Aruwakkalu Hill, which is in a Langhian marine sandstone in the Jaffna Limestone Formation of Sri Lanka.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Trygon sinhaleyus Deraniyagala p. 7 figs. Plate II, Fig 21

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

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.

Trygon sinhaleyus Deraniyagala 1969
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Sri Lanka Trygon sinhaleyus (13449)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Sri Lanka (Puttalam) Trygon sinhaleyus (type locality: 14149)