Tethytrygon

Tethytrygon is an extinct genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.

Tethytrygon Temporal range: 55.8–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Eocene
Fossil of Tethytrygon 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
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Dasyatidae
Genus:	†Tethytrygon Marramà, G., G. Carnevale, G. J. P. Naylor, and J. Kriwet, 2018
Species:	†T. muricata
Binomial name
†Tethytrygon muricata (Volta, 1796)
Synonyms
Dasyatis muricata Dasyatis gazzolae Dasyatis knerii Taeniura knerii Trygon gazzolae Trygon muricata Trygon muricatus Trygon (Taeniura) muricatus Trygonobatus vulgaris

References

• Shark references - Extinct - complete list
• Fossilworks - †Dasyatis muricata Volta 1796 (ray)