Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
Alternative spelling: Otolithus (Hoplostethus)
Parent taxon: Trachichthyidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Lin et al. 2017, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Egregioberyx, Eregioberyx, Gephyroberyx, Lissoberycinae, Notoberyx, Optivus, Paratrachichthys, Trachichthyidarum
Subtaxa: Hoplostethus (Hoplostethus) Hoplostethus bambergi Hoplostethus hexagonalis Hoplostethus lacinatus Hoplostethus lawleyi Hoplostethus mediterraneus Hoplostethus pisanus Hoplostethus praemediterraneus Hoplostethus sinaustralis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Italy (2), New Zealand (1)
• Miocene of Italy (8), New Zealand (8)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), France (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (4), Greenland (1)
Total: 31 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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