Alternative combination: Hypolophus mcnultyi
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 H. M. Maisch et al. 2021
See also Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Cook et al. 2008, Hoganson et al. 2019, Kriwet 1999 and Thurmond 1971
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 (7), Spain (3), United States (44: Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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