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Hoplopteryx dakotaensis

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae

Taxonomy
Hoplopteryx dakotaensis was named by Grandstaff and Parris (2016). Its type specimen is SDSM 110292, a partial skeleton (anterior part of skeleton and scale impressions), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Olson and Kudlock Ranches, which is in a Turonian marine limestone/shale in the Carlile Shale Formation of South Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Hoplopteryx dakotaensis Grandstaff and Parris

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
suborderTrachichthyoideiParr 1933
familyHoplopterygiidaeJordan 1923
genusHoplopteryx
speciesdakotaensis

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 dakotaensis Grandstaff and Parris 2016
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Hoplopteryx dakotaensis (type locality: 226543)