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Dasyatis centroura

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Raja centroura was named by Mitchill (1814). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dasyatis centroura by Purdy et al. (2001) and Balbino and Antunes (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Raja centroura Mitchill
2001Dasyatis centroura Purdy et al. p. 92
2006Dasyatis centroura Balbino and Antunes p. 749

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusDasyatisRafinesque 1810
speciescentroura(Mitchill 1814)

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.

Dasyatis centroura Mitchill 1814
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Dasyatis centroura (91423)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Dasyatis centroura (65954)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) Dasyatis centroura (65955)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Dasyatis centroura (136597)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Dasyatis centroura (52582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grand do Sul) Dasyatis centroura (211308)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Dasyatis centroura (188304)