Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (sea horse)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata - Syngnathidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 35862
Synonyms: Farlapiscus Whitley 1931 (no. 395308), Hippohystrix Whitley 1940 (no. 395309)
Parent taxon: Syngnathidae according to J. Zalohar et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Acanthognathus, Bryx, Doryrhamphus, Dunckerocampus, Eogastrophinae, Hipposyngnathinae, Leptonotus, Prosolenostomus, Pshekhagnathinae, Syngnathinae, Syngnathus, Syngnathus bolcensis, Syngnathus heckeli
Subtaxa: Hippocampus ingens, Hippocampus sarmaticus, Hippocampus slovenicus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore