Hypolophodon patagoniensis Cione et al. 2013 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Full reference: A. L. Cione, M. Tejedor, and F. J. Goin. 2013. A new species of the rare batomorph genus Hypolophodon (?latest Cretaceous to earliest Paleocene, Argentina). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 267(1):1-8

Belongs to Hypolophodon according to A. L. Cione et al. 2013

See also De Pasqua et al. 2025

Sister taxon: Hypolophodon sylvestris

Type specimen: Hypolophodon sylvestris, a set of teeth (Anterior tooth). Its type locality is Estancia 26 de Mayo, which is in a Danian shoreface sandstone in the Lefipán Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Argentina (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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