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Hoplopteryx macracanthus

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae

Taxonomy
Hoplopteryx macracanthus was named by Patterson (1964). Its type specimen is BMNH P. 30186, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Hoplopteryx macracanthus Patterson p. 333 figs. Pl 4, fig 112

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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
speciesmacracanthus

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 macracanthus Patterson 1964
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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: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx macracanthus (238510)