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Hypolophinae

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Hypolophidae was named by Leriche (1902). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Hypolophinae by Last et al. (2016), Adnet et al. (2018).

It was assigned to Rajiformes by Herman (1977); and to Dasyatidae by Last et al. (2016), Adnet et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Hypolophidae Leriche
1977Hypolophidae Herman p. 277
2016Hypolophinae Last et al. p. 363
2018Hypolophinae Adnet et al. p. 1217

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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
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
subfamilyHypolophinae(Leriche 1902)
subfamilyHypolophinae(Leriche 1902)

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.

Subfm. Hypolophinae Leriche 1902
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G. Pastinachus Rüppell 1828
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Pastinachus kebarensis Adnet et al. 2018
Invalid names: Hypolophus Muller and Henle 1837 [synonym]
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, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 85.70000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Hypolophus sp. (3587)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Hypolophus sp. (57918)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Pastinachus kebarensis (173640)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Pastinachus sp. (137578 137579 137580 137581 137582 137583 137585 137586 137587 137588 145984)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Angola (Cabinda) Hypolophus sp. (56682)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Libya Pastinachus sp. (276397)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brunei Darussalam Pastinachus sp. (194518)