After Rosenberger, L. J., 2001, with species from Mould, 1995-1997

<==o Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 [Synonyms] ?L. Cret. M. Eoc. Eu. U. Cret. NAf. M. Eoc. Pleist. NA. U. Cret. SA. Mioc. As. Aus. Pleist. EInd. R. Oc.
   |-- D. kuhli (Müller & Henle, 1841)
   `--+-- D. violacea (Bonaparte, 1832) [Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)]
      `--+-- D. sephen(Forskal, 1775) [Pastinachus sephen (Forskal, 1775); Hypolophus sephen (Forskal, 1775)]
         `--+-- D. pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
            `--+--+-- D. brevis (Garman, 1879)
               |  `-- D. say (Le Sueur, 1817)
               `--+-- D. sabina (Le Sueur, 1824)
                  `--+--+--+-- D. americana Hilbebrant & Schroeder, 1928
                     |  |  `-- D. longa (Garman, 1880) [=? D. longus]
                     |  `--+-- D. centroura (Mitcill, 1815)
                     |     `-- D. lata (Garman, 1880)
                     `--+--+-- D. guttata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
                        |  `-- D. geijskesi Boeseman, 1948
                        `--+-- D. zugei (Müller & Henle, 1841)
                           `--+--+-- D. margaritella Compagno & Roberts, 1984)
                              |  `-- "Indo-Western Pacific" Himantura Müller & Henle, 1837 [paraphyletic sensu Lovejoy, 1996]
                              `--o Myliabatoidea
                                 |-- Gymnura [Gymnuridae] (perhosrauskut; butterfly rays)
                                 `-- Myliobatidae [Myliobatididae] (kotkarauskut; eagle rays)

Dasyatis -species not treated by Rosenberger, L. J., 2001:

D. radians (Marsh, 1877) [Heliobatis]
    †D. muricata [Trygon]
    †D. acutidens (Cope, 1879) [Xiphotrygon]
    D. chrysonota (Smith, A., 1828)
    D. akajei (Müller & Henle, 1841)
    D. bennetti (Müller & Henle, 1841)
    D. margarita (Günther, 1870)
    D. rudis (Günther, 1870)
    D. brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875)
    D. sinensis (Steindachner, 1892)
    D. navarrae (Steindachner, 1892)
    D. thetidis (Ogilby, 1899 in White, 1899)
    D. microps (Annandale, 1908)
    D. fluviorum (Ogilby, 1908)
    D. ushiei Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
    D. gigantea (Soldatev & Lindberg, 1930)
    D. uylenbergi Giltay, 1933
    D. maculata Miyosi, 1939
    D. matsubarai Miyosi, 1939
    D. multispinosus (Tokarev, 1959 in Lindbergh & Legheza, 1959)
    D. laevigata Chu, 1960
    D. garouaensis (Stauch & Blanc, 1962)
    D. annotata Last, 1987
    D. leylandi Last, 1987
    D. laosensis Roberts & Karnasuta, 1987
    D. izuensis Nishida & Nakaya, 1988
    D. acutirostra Nishida & Nakaya, 1988
    D. sp.1 [Last & Stevens, 1993] [NW Australia]
    D. sp.2 [Compagno & Cook, 1994] [China]

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