Dasyatis Temporal range: Cenomanian to Present
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Common stingray (D. pastinaca) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Dasyatidae |
Subfamily: | Dasyatinae |
Genus: |
Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 |
Type species | |
Dasyatis ujo Rafinesque, 1810
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Synonyms | |
Dasyatis ( Greek δασύς dasýs meaning rough or dense and βατίς batís meaning skate) is a genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae that is native to the Atlantic, including the Mediterranean. In a 2016 taxonomic revision, many of the species formerly assigned to Dasyatis were reassigned to other genera ( Bathytoshia, Fontitrygon, Hemitrygon, Hypanus, Megatrygon and Telatrygon). [2]
Fossil species, data from Fossilworks [3]
Dasyatis Temporal range: Cenomanian to Present
Early
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Common stingray (D. pastinaca) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Dasyatidae |
Subfamily: | Dasyatinae |
Genus: |
Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 |
Type species | |
Dasyatis ujo Rafinesque, 1810
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Synonyms | |
Dasyatis ( Greek δασύς dasýs meaning rough or dense and βατίς batís meaning skate) is a genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae that is native to the Atlantic, including the Mediterranean. In a 2016 taxonomic revision, many of the species formerly assigned to Dasyatis were reassigned to other genera ( Bathytoshia, Fontitrygon, Hemitrygon, Hypanus, Megatrygon and Telatrygon). [2]
Fossil species, data from Fossilworks [3]