Alternative combinations: Brachyrhizodus mcnultyi, Hypolophus mcnultyi, Pseudohypolophus macnultyi
Full reference: J. T. Thurmond. 1971. Cartilaginous fishes of the Trinity Group and related rocks (Lower Cretaceous) of north central Texas. Southeastern Geology 13:207-227
Belongs to Pseudohypolophus according to J. K. Juranek and K. Shimada 2025
See also Becker et al. 2004, Becker et al. 2010, Biddle and Landemaine 1989, Canudo et al. 1996, Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Cicimurri 2000, Cicimurri 2004, Cook et al. 2008, Hoganson et al. 2019, Johnson and Lucas 2003, Kriwet 1999, Landemaine 1991, Maisch et al. 2021, Manning and Dockery 1992, Spielmann et al. 2011, Stewart and Martin 1993, Thurmond 1971 and Williamson et al. 1993
Sister taxon: Pseudohypolophus ellipsis
Type specimen: SMU 62208, a tooth. Its type locality is Glass Local Fauna, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Paluxy Formation of Texas.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (7: Alberta collections), France (15), Spain (3), United States (59: Arizona, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 84 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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