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Homalopagus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)297930https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=297930
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Homalopagus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteoglossocephalai
-ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
-Euteleosteomorpha
-NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
-Eurypterygia
-Ctenosquamata
-Acanthomorphata
superfamilyAipichthyoideaOtero and Gayet 1996
genusHomalopagusMurray and Wilson 2014
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Homalopagusgenusbelongs to Aipichthyoideastated with evidenceMurray and Wilson, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance145 - 66 Ma
Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Acanthomorphata)
Dietomnivore (based on Acanthomorphata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. M. Murray and M. V. H. Wilson. 2014. Four new basal acanthomorph fishes from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):34-48

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Homalopagus multispinosus
species
listed (PBDB)1145 Ma
Late Jurassic
145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2014Homalopagus Murray and Wilson p. 35

References

Murray A. M., Wilson M. V. H. (2014) Four new basal acanthomorph fishes from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 1, 34-48 doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.791693
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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