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Hypolophus

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Hypolophus was named by Muller and Henle (1837).

It was assigned to Hypolophidae by Thurmond (1971) and Herman (1977); and to Dasyatidae by Jordan (1963) and Thurmond and Jones (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Hypolophus Muller and Henle
1963Hyplophus Jordan p. 604
1971Hypolophus Thurmond p. 220
1977Hypolophus Herman p. 281
1981Hypolophus Thurmond and Jones p. 73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusHypolophusMuller and Henle 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Hypolophus Muller and Henle 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available