Paleohoplias is an extinct monospecific genus of fish in the family Erythrinidae found in Brazil, South America. The type species Paleohoplias assisbrasiliensis was described in 2003, and was found in Solimões Formation in the State of Acre, Brazil, dating to Huayqueriense-Montehermoseuse (Late Miocene-Pliocene) age.[1]
| Paleohoplias Temporal range: Late Miocene-Pliocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Erythrinidae |
| Genus: | †Paleohoplias Bocquentin & Negri in Gayet, Jegu, Bocquentin & Negri, 2003 |
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| Paleohoplias assisbrasiliensis Bocquentin & Negri in Gayet, Jegu, Bocquentin & Negri, 2003
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Etymology
editThe generic name Paleohoplias is Greek for "palaios" which means old, and "hoplias", which is a closely related genus of fish in the same family Erythrinidae. The species name assisbrasiliensis is in reference to the city of Assis Brasil, which is near the type locality.[1]
Classification
editPaleohoplias is one of four genera within the family Erythrinidae, and the only extinct genus.[2] It is most closely related to the genus Hoplias.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Gayet, Mireille; Jegu, Michel; Bocquentin, Jean; Negri, Francisco (April 2003). "New characoids from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene of Bolivia and the Mio-Pliocene of Brazil: Phylogenetic position and paleobiogeographic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23 (1): 28–46. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[28:NCFTUC]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Blanco, Daniel Rodrigues; Lui, Roberto Laridondo; Bertollo, Luiz Antonio Carlos; Margarido, Vladimir Pavan; Moreira Filho, Orlando (2010). "Karyotypic diversity between allopatric populations of the group Hoplias malabaricus (Characiformes: Erythrinidae): evolutionary and biogeographic considerations". Neotropical Ichthyology. 8 (2): 361–368. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252010000200015.
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