| 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 |
| Type species | |
| Paleohoplias assisbrasiliensis Bocquentin & Negri in Gayet, Jegu, Bocquentin & Negri, 2003
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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]
- ^ a b 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.