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

Tethytrygon
Temporal range: 55.8–48.6 Ma Eocene
Fossil of Tethytrygon from Monte Bolca, 50 million years ago, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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