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Hypolophites myliobatoides

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Taxonomy
Hypolophites myliobatoides was named by Stromer (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Adabion, which is in a Thanetian carbonate limestone in Togo. It is the type species of Hypolophites.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. hutchinsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Hypolophites myliobatoides Stromer
1987Hypolophites myliobatoides Cappetta p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
RankNameAuthor
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
genusHypolophites
speciesmyliobatoides

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Hypolophites myliobatoides (type locality: 167948)