Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Alternative spelling: Hypolophidae
Parent taxon: Dasyatidae according to S. Adnet et al. 2018
See also Herman 1977
Sister taxa: Agabelus, Amphotistius, Anacanthus, Dasyatinae, Dasyatis, Dasyatis dezignoi, Disceus, Discobatis, Discotrygon, Ellipesurus, Glikmania, Hemiptychodus, Hemitrygon, Hypanus, Hypolophus, Neotrygon, Neotrygoninae, Palaeodasyatis, Paratrygon, Pastinaca, Pteroplatytrygon, Rhachinotus, Sporetodus, Taeniura, Taeniurops, Tethytrygon, Trygonobatus, Urogymnus, Uroxis, Viperecucullus
Subtaxa: Pastinachus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brunei Darussalam (1 collection), Libya (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (11), Tunisia (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence