†Hypanus heterodontus Cicimurri et al. 2025 (whiptail stingray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: D. J. Cicimurri, J. A. Ebersole, G. L. Stringer, J. E. Starnes, and G. E. Phillips. 2025. Late Oligocene fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) from the Catahoula Formation in Wayne County, Mississippi, USA. European Journal of Taxonomy 984(3904):1-131
Belongs to Hypanus according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Hypanus americana, Hypanus dipterurus, Hypanus say
Type specimen: SC2013.28.449, a tooth. Its type locality is Jones Branch, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Catahoula Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Jones Branch
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