Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophinae according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Fraser-Brunner 1949, Girone et al. 2006, Martin et al. 2018, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antimyctophum, Centrobranchus, Ctenoscopelus, Dasyscopelus, Diogenichthys, Electrona, Gonichthys, Krefftichthys, Loweina, Metelectrona, Myctophini, Protomyctophum, Symbolophorus, Tarletonbeania
Subtaxa: Benthosema concentricus Benthosema fibulatum Benthosema fitchi Benthosema glaciale Benthosema minutum Benthosema panamense Benthosema pinchoti Benthosema pluridens Benthosema pterota Benthosema pterotum Benthosema suborbitale
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (7 collections), Italy (6), United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Japan (6), United States (2: California)
• Miocene of France (1), Greece (6), Italy (11), New Zealand (11), Panama (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 55 collections including 63 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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