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Hypolophodon

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Hypolophodon was named by Cappetta (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 884,958].

It was assigned to Dasyatidae by Cappetta (1980), Cappetta (1987), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Bogan and Gallina (2011); to Myliobatiformes by Sepkoski (2002), Cione et al. (2013), Case et al. (2015); and to Myliobatoidei by Ebersole et al. (2019).

Species
H. patagoniensis, H. sylvestris
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by F. Aspromonte on 2023-09-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Hypolophodon Cappetta p. 39
1987Hypolophodon Cappetta p. 165
1993Hypolophodon Cvancara and Hoganson p. 10
2002Hypolophodon Sepkoski
2011Hypolophodon Bogan and Gallina
2013Hypolophodon Cione et al.
2015Hypolophodon Case et al. p. 1132
2019Hypolophodon Ebersole et al. p. 118

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

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. †Hypolophodon Cappetta 1980
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†Hypolophodon patagoniensis Cione et al. 2013
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 72.20000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi (231889)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) H. patagoniensis (231891 231892)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Hypolophus sylvestris (113363 242087)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) H. sylvestris (62840)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco H. sp. (214848)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0France (Oise) H. sylvestris (166598)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France H. sylvestris (149624 276442 276444 276446 277713 277714)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France (Oise) H. sylvestris (277627)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Belgium Hypolophus sylvestris (242166)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Kyrgyzstan (Osh) H. sp. (28490)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) H. sylvestris (15595)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Hypolophus sylvestris (242335)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) H. sylvestris (209524)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) H. sylvestris (3256 3258)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Uzbekistan H. sp. (62573)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India (Orissa) Hypolophus sylvestris (42842)