Hoplopteryx Agassiz 1839 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1839. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (10me, 12me livraison) 1-16*

Parent taxon: Hoplopterygiidae according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020

See also Applegate 1970, Bardack and Teller-Marshall 1982, Grandstaff and Parris 2016, Patterson 1964, Patterson 1993, Rapp 1946, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1902

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Hoplopteryx antiquus Hoplopteryx dakotaensis Hoplopteryx gephyrognathus Hoplopteryx gibbus Hoplopteryx insculptus Hoplopteryx lewesiensis Hoplopteryx lewisi Hoplopteryx macracanthus Hoplopteryx oblongus Hoplopteryx simus Hoplopteryx spinulosus Hoplopteryx stachei Hoplopteryx syriacus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (3 collections), Italy (2), Lebanon (4), Slovenia (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (4: Alabama, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 26 collections including 28 occurrences

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