Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718
Belongs to Myctophum according to D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante 1965
Sister taxa: Myctophum affine, Myctophum antelaternatum, Myctophum arcanum, Myctophum asperum, Myctophum bortonensis, Myctophum braueri, Myctophum columnae, Myctophum danielli, Myctophum degraciai, Myctophum dorsale, Myctophum evermanni, Myctophum jacksoni, Myctophum licatae, Myctophum mundulum, Myctophum murbani, Myctophum nitidulum, Myctophum normani, Myctophum oroseinum, Myctophum praepterotum, Myctophum pulchrum, Myctophum punctatum, Myctophum robustus, Myctophum selenops, Myctophum spinosum, Myctophum splendidum, Myctophum tamumuensis, Myctophum tenellum, Myctophum unicum, Myctophum weileri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Highway 21, Stone City beds, which is in an Eocene marine shale in the Stone City Formation of Texas
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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