Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae
Full reference: B. S. Grandstaff and D. C. Parris. 2016. A new species of Hoplopteryx from the Carlile Formation (Cretaceous) of South Dakota. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 95:73-84
Belongs to Hoplopteryx according to B. S. Grandstaff and D. C. Parris 2016
Sister taxa: Hoplopteryx antiquus, Hoplopteryx gephyrognathus, Hoplopteryx gibbus, Hoplopteryx insculptus, Hoplopteryx lewesiensis, Hoplopteryx lewisi, Hoplopteryx macracanthus, Hoplopteryx oblongus, Hoplopteryx simus, Hoplopteryx spinulosus, Hoplopteryx stachei, Hoplopteryx syriacus
Type specimen: SDSM 110292, a partial skeleton (anterior part of skeleton and scale impressions). Its type locality is Olson and Kudlock Ranches, which is in a Turonian marine limestone/shale in the Carlile Shale Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Olson and Kudlock Ranches
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.