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Hypolophodon sylvestris

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Hypolophus sylvestris was named by White (1931).

It was recombined as Hypolophodon sylvestris by Cappetta (1980), Cappetta (1987), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Bogan and Gallina (2011) and Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Hypolophus sylvestris White
1977Hypolophus sylvestris Herman p. 281
1980Hypolophodon sylvestris Cappetta p. 39 fig. 6
1987Hypolophodon sylvestris Cappetta p. 165
1993Hypolophodon sylvestris Cvancara and Hoganson p. 11
2011Hypolophodon sylvestris Bogan and Gallina
2019Hypolophodon sylvestris Ebersole et al. p. 118

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
genusHypolophodon
speciessylvestris(White 1931)

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.

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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 Early/Lower Miocene or 66.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Hypolophodon sylvestris (62840)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8France (Oise) Hypolophodon sylvestris (166598)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Hypolophodon sylvestris (209524)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Hypolophodon sylvestris (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.2United Kingdom (England) Hypolophodon sylvestris (3256 3258)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) Hypolophus sylvestris (42842)