Osteichthyes - Trachichthyiformes - Trachichthyidae
Alternative spelling: Otolithus (Hoplostethus)
Parent taxon: Trachichthyidae according to C. Lin and A. O’Dea 2025
See also Lin et al. 2017, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Egregioberyx, Eregioberyx, Gephyroberyx, Lissoberycinae, Lissoberyx, Notoberyx, Optivus, Paratrachichthys, Trachichthyidarum
Subtaxa: Hoplostethus (Hoplostethus) Hoplostethus bambergi Hoplostethus boyae Hoplostethus hexagonalis Hoplostethus lacinatus Hoplostethus lawleyi Hoplostethus mediterraneus Hoplostethus pisanus Hoplostethus praemediterraneus Hoplostethus sinaustralis
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), Japan (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (3), New Zealand (1)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Italy (10), New Zealand (8), Panama (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), France (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Denmark (4), Greenland (1)
Total: 39 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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