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Hyporhamphus

Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Hemiramphidae

Taxonomy
Hyporhamphus was named by Gill (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1012]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Beloniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hemiramphidae by Stringer (1998) and Bannikov et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Hyporhamphus Gill p. 131
1998Hyporhamphus Stringer p. 150
2002Hyporhamphus Sepkoski
2016Hyporhamphus Bannikov et al. p. 617

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderBeloniformes
suborderExocoetoidei
familyHemiramphidae
genusHyporhamphusGill 1860

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.

G. Hyporhamphus Gill 1860
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Subg. †Hyporhamphus (Reporhamphus) Whitley 1931
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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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:57:04
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:57:04
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sarmatian to the top of the Piacenzian or 12.70000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Russian Federation (Goryachii) H. tatjanchenkoi (211239)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy H. sp. (210256)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica H. sp. (186673)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy H. sp. (145678)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy H. sp. (57058)