Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Ebersole et al. 2019, Nolf 1972, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans 2007, Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979, Steurbaut 1984 and Stinton and Nolf 1970
Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotuloides, Hypopleuron, Lepophidium, Neobythites, Neobythitinae, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Spectrunculus, Zonobythites
Subtaxa: Hoplobrotula antipoda Hoplobrotula elongata Hoplobrotula gibba Hoplobrotula granosum Hoplobrotula greenwoodi Hoplobrotula joachimica Hoplobrotula lerichei Hoplobrotula robusta Hoplobrotula sulcata
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections), Belgium (1), France (3), Italy (3)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (3), the United Kingdom (4)
• Paleocene of Ukraine (1)
Total: 22 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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