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Pseudohypolophus ellipsis

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Taxonomy
Pseudohypolophus ellipsis was named by Case et al. (2001). Its type specimen is CSUK97-2-13, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Entrance to Fort Benning, Interstate Highway 185, which is in a Santonian/Santonian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Eutaw Formation of Georgia.

It was recombined as Brachyrhizodus ellipsis by Cicimurri et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Pseudohypolophus ellipsis Case et al. p. 92 figs. Pl 2, figs 37-42
2011Pseudohypolophus ellipsis Bourdon et al. p. 43 figs. 25D,E, 26A-N
2014Brachyrhizodus ellipsis Cicimurri et al. p. 27 figs. 18, 19
2019Pseudohypolophus ellipsis Case et al. p. 75 fig. 3A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRhinobatoideiFowler 1941
genusPseudohypolophus
speciesellipsis

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.

Pseudohypolophus ellipsis Case et al. 2001
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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 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) Pseudohypolophus ellipsis (52037)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Pseudohypolophus ellipsis (type locality: 61769)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Mississippi) Brachyrhizodus ellipsis (275613)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Pseudohypolophus ellipsis (176940)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Pseudohypolophus ellipsis (128412)