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Hypolophites

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Taxonomy
Hypolophites was named by Stromer (1910) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani T Than Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is not extant. Its type is Hypolophites myliobatoides.

It was assigned to Hypolophidae by Dartevelle and Casier (1943); to Dasyatidae by Cappetta (1987); to Myliobatiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Myliobatidae by van der Laan (2019).

Species
H. mayombensis, H. myliobatoides (type species), H. thaleri
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. hutchinsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Hypolophites Stromer p. 490
1943Hypolophites Dartevelle and Casier p. 181
1987Hypolophites Cappetta p. 163
2002Hypolophites Sepkoski
2019Hypolophites van der Laan p. 45

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

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. †Hypolophites Stromer 1910
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†Hypolophites mayombensis Leriche 1913
†Hypolophites thaleri Cappetta 1972
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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Thanetian or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Arkansas) H. sp. (206776)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) H. hutchinsi (62840)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Niger H. sp., H. thaleri (229530)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo H. myliobatoides (167948)