Dasyatis sylvestris

(White, 1931)


Classification: Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Dasyatidae

Reference of the original description
White, E.I. (1931)
The vertebrate faunas of the English Eocene. I. From the Thanet Sands to the Basement Bed of the London Clay. British Museum (Natural History): 121 p., 162 fig.

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<i>Hypolophus sylvestris</i> White, 1931 Fig. 94-108 in White, 1931

Types
Dasyatis sylvestris


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Citation: Dasyatis sylvestris (White, 1931): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2024

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Description
Original diagnose after White (1931) p. 70 [2532]: A species of Hypolophus known only by isolated teeth (and dermal tubercles). Teeth similar in form, arrangement and size to those of the living H. sephen (Forskal), but sides of crown always sloping inwards and overhanging the root, and median lateral teeth of upper jaw relatively wider. (Dermal tubercles variable in size and shape; larger forms longer than wide, with upper surface ornamented with numerous grooves radiating from a small, much elevated central spine sloping backwards, and large root convex and smooth; smaller tubercles similar but rounded, with vertical median spine.)

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=8959;
synonym of Hypolophodon sylvestris after Ebersole et al. (2019) p. 120 [27789];

References
Sharma, K.M. & Patnaik, R. (2013)
Additional Fossil Batoids (Skates and Rays) from the Miocene Deposits of Baripada Beds, Mayurbhanj District, Orissa, India. Earth Science India, 6(4), 160–184
Sharma, K.M. (2013)
Reconstruction of palaeoclimate of neogene quaternary sequences exposed around Baripada District Mayurbhanj Orissa using palaeontological biostratigraphic and sedimentological studies. Thesis, Panjab University, India
Sahni, A. & Mehrotra, D.K. (1981)
The elasmobranch fauna of coastal Miocene sediments of peninsular India. Biological Memoirs Lucknow, 5(2), 83–121, 13 fig., pl. 1–3.