†Hypolophites myliobatoides Stromer 1910 (whiptail stingray)
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Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Full reference: E. Stromer. 1910. Reptilien und Fischreste aus dem marinen Alttertiär von Südtogo (Westafrika). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 62:478-505
Belongs to Hypolophites according to Stromer 1910
Sister taxa: Hypolophites mayumbensis, Hypolophites thaleri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Adabion (Oppenheim collection), which is in a Thanetian marine horizon in Togo
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Adabion (Oppenheim collection)
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