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Hoplobrotula lerichei

Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae

Taxonomy
Hoplobrotula lerichei was named by Stinton and Nolf (1970). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Balegem, which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in Belgium.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. armata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Hoplobrotula lerichei Stinton and Nolf p. 222
1972Hoplobrotula lerichei Nolf p. 140
2007Hoplobrotula lerichei Schwarzhans p. 321

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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
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiimorpharia
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
familyOphidiidaeRafinesque 1810
genusHoplobrotulaGill 1864
specieslerichei

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.

†Hoplobrotula lerichei Stinton and Nolf 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France Hoplobrotula lerichei (220174)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) Hoplobrotula lerichei (188954)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium Hoplobrotula lerichei (type locality: 123069)