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Gymnura sp., Butterfly ray(s)

genus Gymnura van Hasselt, 1823

Invalid synonym: Dasyatis sp.

• Modern species: Early Cretaceous - Present (136.4 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine, Brackish

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Elasmobranchii, superorder Batoidea, order Myliobatiformes, family Gymnuridae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Gifu
• Holocene: Aichi

• Subtaxa
• G. nipponensis