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Hoplopteryx lewesiensis

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae

Taxonomy
Zeus lewesiensis was named by Mantell (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hoplopteryx lewesiensis by Woodward (1902), Patterson (1964), Bardack and Teller-Marshall (1982), Ekrt et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Zeus lewesiensis Mantell
1834Beryx zippei Agassiz p. 68
1835Beryx ornatus Agassiz p. 55
1837Beryx ornatus Agassiz figs. Pl 14a; pl 14b, fig 1; pl 14c, figs 1-6; pl 14d, figs 1-4
1839Beryx ornatus Agassiz p. 4
1839Beryx zippei Agassiz p. 4
1839Beryx ornatus Agassiz p. 115
1839Beryx zippei Agassiz p. 120 figs. Pl 15, fig 2
1885Beryx ornatus von der Marck p. 243
1902Hoplopteryx lewesiensis Woodward p. 14
1905Hoplopteryx brevis Bayer p. 8 figs. Pl. 3:3
1964Hoplopteryx lewesiensis Patterson p. 305 figs. Pl 3, fig 108; text-figs 45-53
1982Hoplopteryx lewesiensis Bardack and Teller-Marshall p. 3 figs. 1-5
2008Hoplopteryx lewesiensis Ekrt et al. p. 664 figs. 4-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
suborderTrachichthyoideiParr 1933
familyHoplopterygiidaeJordan 1923
genusHoplopteryx
specieslewesiensis(Mantell 1822)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Beryx ornatus Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Beryx zippei Agassiz 1834 [synonym], Hoplopteryx brevis Bayer 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:59:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:59:28
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 99.60000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx lewesiensis (221383)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx lewesiensis (238510)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx lewesiensis (59055 63042)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx lewesiensis (221378)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx lewesiensis (221382)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx lewesiensis (133319 221381)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Hoplopteryx lewesiensis (221085)