†family Hoplopterygiidae Jordan 1923 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae
Parent taxon: Trachichthyoidei according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020
See also Jordan 1963 and van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Acrogaster, Antarctiberyx, Gigantokranion, Gnathoberyx, Judeoberyx, Libanoberyx, Stichopteryx, Tubantia
Subtaxa: Hoplopteryx
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Czechia (1 collection), Germany (2), Italy (2), Lebanon (4), Slovenia (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (6: Alabama, New Jersey, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 29 collections including 33 occurrences