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Hoplopteryx simus

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae

Taxonomy
Hoplopteryx simus was named by Woodward (1902). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Hoplopteryx simus Woodward p. 23 figs. Plate VIII, Figs. 1-4
1964Hoplopteryx simus Patterson p. 321 figs. Pl 3, fig 109; text-figs 54-62

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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
speciessimus

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.

Hoplopteryx simus Woodward 1902
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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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx simus (238510)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx simus (221373 222437 222438)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx simus (222439)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx simus (222440)