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Hoplias

Actinopteri - Characiformes - Erythrinidae

Taxonomy
Hoplias was named by Gill (1903). It is extant.

It was assigned to Characiformes by de Muizon et al. (1983); and to Erythrinidae by Lundberg (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Hoplias Gill
1983Hoplias de Muizon et al.
1997Hoplias Lundberg p. 72 figs. 5.2 C-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
Otophysi
superorderCharaciphysae
orderCharaciformesRegan 1911
suborderCharacoidei
familyErythrinidae
genusHopliasGill 1903

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. Hoplias Gill 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Bolivia (Mizque) H. sp. (13501)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru (Loreto) H. sp. (224012)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Falcon) H. sp. (122033)