Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Lampanyctinae according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Fitch and Lavenberg 1983, Girone et al. 2006, Martin et al. 2018, Schwarzhans 1978, Schwarzhans 2013, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013, Sepkoski 2002 and Weiler 1959
Sister taxa: Bolinichthys, Diaphini, Gymnoscopelini, Gymnoscopelus, Lampadena, Lampanictini, Lampanyctini, Lepidophanes, Oligophus, Parvilux, Stenobrachius, Taaningichthys, Triphoturus
Subtaxa: Ceratoscopelus maderensis Ceratoscopelus miocenicus Ceratoscopelus priscus Ceratoscopelus richardsoni Ceratoscopelus townsendi Ceratoscopelus warmingi Ceratoscopelus weileri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (9 collections), Italy (6), Panama (1), United States (3: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (3), Italy (6), Japan (5), United States (4: California, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Greece (6), Italy (3), Japan (1), New Zealand (7)
• Eocene of Brazil (1)
Total: 57 collections including 60 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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