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Hoplobrotula

Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Hoplobrotula Gill
1970Hoplobrotula Stinton and Nolf p. 222
1972Hoplobrotula Nolf p. 140
1979Hoplobrotula Steurbaut p. 64
1983Hoplobrotula Nolf and Steurbaut p. 173
1984Hoplobrotula Steurbaut p. 62
1985Hoplobrotula Schwarzhans p. 37
2002Hoplobrotula Sepkoski
2007Hoplobrotula Schwarzhans p. 321
2011Hoplobrotula Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 92
2017Hoplobrotula Schwarzhans et al. p. 158
2019Hoplobrotula Ebersole et al. p. 200
2019Hoplobrotula Schwarzhans p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiimorpharia
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
familyOphidiidaeRafinesque 1810
genusHoplobrotulaGill 1864

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. Hoplobrotula Gill 1864
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†Hoplobrotula antipoda Schwarzhans et al. 2017
†Hoplobrotula elongata Weiler 1943
†Hoplobrotula gibba Bassoli 1906
†Hoplobrotula granosum Stinton 1957
†Hoplobrotula lerichei Stinton and Nolf 1970
†Hoplobrotula robusta Nolf 1980
†Hoplobrotula sulcata Nolf 1972
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 61.60000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Ukraine H. sp. (159509)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica H. antipoda (100414)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France H. lerichei, H. sulcata (220174)
Mangaorapan53.0 - 49.5New Zealand (South Island) H. greenwoodi (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan53.0 - 46.2New Zealand (South Island) H. greenwoodi (219500)
Heretaungan49.5 - 46.2New Zealand (South Island) H. greenwoodi (219498)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) H. waltoni (41888 41992 41994 41996)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) H. sp., H. lerichei, H. robusta (188954)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium H. lerichei (123069)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Ophidion granosum (48647)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France H. acutangula, H. gibba (219196) H. joachimica (220042)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Ophidion granosum (219137)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France H. acutangula (219197)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) H. granosum (71242)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium H. sp. (208831)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy H. armata (187504 187507) H. elongata, H. gibba (178120)