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Hypolophus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)125040https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=125040
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Dasyatidae : Hypolophus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii
-NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
-Batoidea
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
genusHypolophusMuller and Henle 1837
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hypolophusgenusbelongs to Dasyatidaestated without evidenceJordan, 1963
Hypolophusgenusbelongs to Hypolophidaestated without evidenceThurmond, 1971
Hypolophusgenusbelongs to Dasyatidaestated without evidenceThurmond and Jones, 1981
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance130 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Myliobatiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Myliobatiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Hypolophus mcnultyi
species
listed (PBDB)29130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1837Hypolophus Muller and Henle
1963Hyplophus Jordan p. 604
1971Hypolophus Thurmond p. 220
1975Hypolophus Herman p. 281
1981Hypolophus Thurmond and Jones p. 73

References

Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244
Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816
Thurmond J. T. (1971) Cartilaginous fishes of the Trinity Group and related rocks (Lower Cretaceous) of north central Texas, Southeastern Geology 13, 207-227
Herman J. (1975) Les Selaciens de sterrains neocretaces and paleocenes de Belgique and des contrees limitrophes Elements d'une biostratigraphie intercontinentale, Memoires pour servier a l'explications des Cartes geologiques et minieres de la Belgique 15, 1-401
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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