Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: E. Stromer. 1910. Reptilien und Fischreste aus dem marinen Alttertiär von Südtogo (Westafrika). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 62:478-505
Parent taxon: Dasyatidae according to H. Cappetta 1987
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agabelus, Amphotistius, Anacanthus, Dasyatinae, Dasyatis, Dasyatis dezignoi, Disceus, Discobatis, Discotrygon, Ellipesurus, Glikmania, Hemiptychodus, Hemitrygon, Hypolophus, Neotrygon, Neotrygoninae, Palaeodasyatis, Paratrygon, Pastinaca, Pastinachus, Pteroplatytrygon, Rhachinotus, Sporetodus, Taeniura, Taeniurops, Tethytrygon, Trygonobatus, Urogymnus, Uroxis, Viperecucullus
Subtaxa: Hypolophites mayumbensis Hypolophites myliobatoides Hypolophites thaleri
Type: Hypolophites myliobatoides
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Niger (1 collection), Togo (1), United States (2: Arkansas, New Jersey)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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