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Dasyatoidea

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Dasyatoidea Whitley
1984Dasyatoidea Cappetta
1987Dasyatoidea Cappetta p. 162
1991Dasyatoidea Müller and Diedrich p. 49
2007Dasyatoidea Kriwet et al.
2012Dasyatoidea Guinot et al. p. 470

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyDasyatoideaWhitley 1940
superfamilyDasyatoideaWhitley 1940

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.

Superfm. Dasyatoidea Whitley 1940
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G. †Arechia Cappetta 1983
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Arechia arambourgi Cappetta 1983
Arechia crassicaudata de Blainville 1818
G. †Coupatezia Cappetta 1982
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Coupatezia ambroggii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia attiai Cook 2010
Coupatezia boujoi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia chariri Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia cristata Adnet et al. 2020
Coupatezia danica Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia elevata Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia fallax Arambourg 1952
Coupatezia laevis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia larivei Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia melittiana Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia reniformis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia trempina Kriwet et al. 2007
Coupatezia turneri Case and Cappetta 1997
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982
G. †Dasyrhombodus Noubhani and Cappetta 1994
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Dasyrhombodus bondoni Arambourg 1952
G. †Delpitia Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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Delpitia reticulata Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
G. †Heterobatis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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Heterobatis talbaouii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
G. †Heterotorpedo Ward 1983
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Heterotorpedo brahimi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Heterotorpedo fowleri Ward 1983
Heterotorpedo lyazidii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
G. †Ishaquia Noubhani and Cappetta 1995
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Ishaquia globidens Arambourg 1952
G. †Lessiniabatis Marramà et al. 2019
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Lessiniabatis aenigmatica Marramà et al. 2019
G. †Merabatis Cappetta 1983
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Merabatis praealba Arambourg 1952
G. †Myliodasyatis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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Myliodasyatis meskalaensis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
G. †Prosopodon Noubhani and Cappetta 1995
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Prosopodon assafai Noubhani and Cappetta 1995
G. †Saltirius Cook et al. 2014
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Saltirius utahensis Cook et al. 2014
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Piacenzian or 99.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (89 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Dasyatoidea indet. (213567)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Syria Coupatezia sp. (117853 117854 117857)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Coupatezia sp. (58100)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Coupatezia ambroggii (116901 214826) Coupatezia sp., Dasyatoidea indet., Coupatezia ambroggii (116903) Dasyatoidea indet. (116902)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan Dasyatoidea indet. (65223)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Coupatezia sp., Coupatezia trempina (76212)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Coupatezia elevata (214374 214375 214835) Coupatezia elevata, Coupatezia fallax (99627 214831) Coupatezia elevata, Coupatezia reniformis (214368) Coupatezia elevata, Coupatezia reniformis, Coupatezia fallax (214838) Coupatezia elevata, Dasyrhombodus bondoni (213665 213666 214837) Dasyrhombodus bondoni (214830 214836)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Midi-Pyrénées) Coupatezia sp. (199535)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Austria Coupatezia sp. (228232)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco (Beni Mellal) Coupatezia elevata, Coupatezia reniformis, Coupatezia fallax, Dasyrhombodus bondoni (214842)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Coupatezia turneri (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) Coupatezia fallax (176782 213730)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Morocco Coupatezia laevis, Coupatezia fallax, Prosopodon assafai, Heterotorpedo lyazidii (214373)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Morocco Coupatezia chariri, Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia laevis, Ishaquia globidens, Prosopodon assafai, Coupatezia melittiana, Delpitia reticulata, Heterotorpedo lyazidii, Myliodasyatis meskalaensis (91362) Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia laevis, Coupatezia fallax, Heterotorpedo lyazidii (214834) Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia laevis, Heterotorpedo lyazidii (116900) Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia laevis, Ishaquia globidens, Prosopodon assafai, Heterotorpedo lyazidii, Myliodasyatis meskalaensis (214369) Coupatezia laevis, Ishaquia globidens, Prosopodon assafai, Heterotorpedo lyazidii, Myliodasyatis meskalaensis (214370) Coupatezia laevis, Prosopodon assafai, Heterotorpedo lyazidii (214372) Prosopodon assafai (214371)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Morocco Coupatezia larivei, Ishaquia globidens, Heterobatis talbaouii, Heterotorpedo brahimi (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Morocco Dasyatoidea indet., Coupatezia larivei, Ishaquia globidens, Delpitia reticulata, Heterobatis talbaouii, Heterotorpedo brahimi (214848) Dasyatoidea indet., Delpitia reticulata, Heterobatis talbaouii, Heterotorpedo brahimi (214839)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Algeria Heterotorpedo brahimi (232262)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Coupatezia woutersi, Heterotorpedo fowleri (186974)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Morocco Dasyatoidea indet., Coupatezia larivei, Heterotorpedo brahimi (214833)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Mississippi) Coupatezia woutersi (62872)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8France (Oise) Coupatezia sp. (166598)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6Saudi Arabia Dasyatoidea indet. (37182)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (South Carolina) Coupatezia sp. (203258)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Lessiniabatis aenigmatica (55239)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Coupatezia boujoi, Arechia arambourgi (158991 214840 214841 214846 214847) Coupatezia boujoi, Arechia arambourgi, Merabatis praealba (116904 214849 214850) Dasyatoidea indet., Coupatezia boujoi, Arechia arambourgi, Merabatis praealba (214851)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Senegal Arechia sp., Coupatezia sp., Dasyatoidea indet. (209379)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Coupatezia sp. (81179 209524)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Coupatezia woatersi, Heterotorpedo fowleri (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India Heterotorpedo sp. (210158)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) Coupatezia woutersi (62890)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.2United Kingdom (England) Coupatezia woutersi (3256 3257)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Ukraine (Crimea) Coupatezia sp. (140018)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Uzbekistan Coupatezia woutersi (62573)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Coupatezia woutersi (13346)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jordan Merabatis sp. (65226)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Morocco Arechia sp., Coupatezia sp., Dasyatoidea indet. (91339)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo Arechia sp., Coupatezia sp., Merabatis sp. (32991)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Coupatezia woutersi (41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal Coupatezia sp. (133429) Coupatezia sp., Dasyatoidea indet. (209380)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0France (Landes) Coupatezia miretrainensis (161753)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Arechia sp., Pachygymnura attiai, Coupatezia cristata (173640)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (Utah) Dasyatidae indet. (16877)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Coupatezia sp. (137550 137551 137554 137564 137579 137582 145984)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) Dasyatoidea indet. (207303)