Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1975. Sélaciens nouveaux du Crétacé du Texas. Geobios 8:303-307
Parent taxon: Rhinobatoidei according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Bogan and Agnolin 2010, Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta 1987, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Cook et al. 2008, Kriwet 1999 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asterodermus, Asterodermus platypterus, Ataktobatis, Platyrhinidae, Protoplatyrhina, Pseudomyledaphus, Rhinobatidae, Turoniabatis, Vascobatis
Subtaxa: Pseudohypolophus ellipsis Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (7: Alberta collections), France (7), Jordan (1), Spain (3), United States (58: Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah)
Total: 76 collections including 77 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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