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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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