Dasyatis muricata

Dasyatis muricata
Temporal range: Eocene
Fossil of Dasyatis muricata from Monte Bolca, 50 million years ago, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Dasyatis
Species: †D. muricata
Binomial name
†Dasyatis muricata
(Volta, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Dasyatis gazzolae
  • Dasyatis knerii
  • Taeniura knerii
  • Trygon gazzolae
  • Trygon muricata
  • Trygon muricatus
  • Trygon (Taeniura) muricatus
  • Trygonobatus vulgaris

Dasyatis muricata is an extinct species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.

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