Osteichthyes - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae
Full reference: C. Patterson. 1964. A review of Mesozoic acanthopterygian fishes, with special reference to those of the English Chalk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Series B) 247(739):213-482
Belongs to Hoplopteryx according to C. Patterson 1964
Sister taxa: Hoplopteryx antiquus, Hoplopteryx dakotaensis, Hoplopteryx gephyrognathus, Hoplopteryx gibbus, Hoplopteryx insculptus, Hoplopteryx lewesiensis, Hoplopteryx lewisi, Hoplopteryx oblongus, Hoplopteryx simus, Hoplopteryx spinulosus, Hoplopteryx stachei, Hoplopteryx syriacus
Type specimen: BMNH P30186, a skeleton.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Southern Provine Chalk fishes, multiple localities (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
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