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Hypolophites

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

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 Dasyatidae by Cappetta (1987); and to Myliobatiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Hypolophites Stromer p. 490
1987Hypolophites Cappetta p. 163
2002Hypolophites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
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 mayumbensis 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

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
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) H. hutchinsi (62840)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Arkansas) H. sp. (206776)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Niger H. sp., H. thaleri (229530)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Togo (Maritime) H. myliobatoides (167948)