Subfamily Hypolophinae Leriche 1902
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Alternative spelling: Hypolophidae
Parent taxon: Dasyatidae according to S. Adnet et al. 2018
See also Herman 1977 and Last et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Agabelus, Amphotistius, Anacanthus, Dasyatinae, Dasyatis dezignoi, Disceus, Discobatis, Discotrygon, Elipesurus, Glikmania, Hemiptychodus, Neotrygoninae, Palaeodasyatis, Paratrygon, Pastinaca, Rhachinotus, Sporetodus, Tethytrygon, Trygonobatus, Urogymninae, Uroxis, Viperecucullus
Subtaxa: Pastinachus
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brunei Darussalam (1 collection), Libya (1)
• Oligocene of Angola (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (11), Tunisia (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Alabama, North Carolina)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence