Family Dasyatidae Jordan 1888 (whiptail stingray)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
PaleoDB taxon number: 63613
Alternative spelling: Dasybatidae
Parent taxon: Myliobatoidei according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Aturobatis, Coupatezia, Hypolophodon, Myliobatidae
Subtaxa: Agabelus, Amphotistius, Anacanthus, Dasyatis, Dasyatis dezignoi, Dasyatis muricata, Disceus, Discobatis, Discotrygon, Ellipesurus, Glikmania, Hemiptychodus, Hemitrygon, Himantura, Hypolophites, Hypolophus, Myledaphus, Neotrygon, Palaeodasyatis, Paratrygon, Pastinaca, Pastinachus, Pteroplatytrygon, Rhachinotus, Sporetodus, Taeniura, Taeniurops, Trygonobatus, Urogymnus, Uroxis, Viperecucullus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore