Family Neoscopelidae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Neoscopelidae

Parent taxon: Myctophiformes according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019

See also Betancur et al. 2013, Lin et al. 2017, Martin et al. 2018, Nelson et al. 2016 and Prokofiev 2006

Sister taxa: Chlorophthalmoidei, Myctophidae, Sardinioididae, Sardinius, Synodontoidei

Subtaxa: Neoscopelinae Neoscopelus Sardinioidinae Scopelengys Solivomer

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)

• Miocene of Japan (1)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of France (1), Georgia (1), Turkmenistan (1)

• Paleocene of Greenland (1)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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