Dasyatis
| Dasyatis Temporal range: 100–0 Ma[1] Early Cenomanian to Present | |
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| Common stingray (D. pastinaca) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Dasyatis ujo Rafinesque, 1810 | |
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Dasyatis (Greek "dasys" meaning rough or dense and "batus" meaning skate) is a genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. In a 2016 taxonomic revision, many of the species formerly assigned to Dasyatis were reassigned to other genera.[2]
Species
- Dasyatis chrysonota A. Smith, 1828 (Blue stingray)
- Dasyatis hypostigma H. R. S. Santos & M. R. de Carvalho, 2004 (Groovebelly stingray)
- Dasyatis marmorata Steindachner, 1892 (Marbled stingray)
- Dasyatis pastinaca Linnaeus, 1758 (Common stingray)
- Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975 (Tortonese's stingray)
See also
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
- ↑ Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2016). "A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights". Zootaxa. 4139 (3): 345–368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2.
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