Tarletonbeania Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1891 (lanternfish)
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Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophinae according to R. P. Martin et al. 2018
See also Fierstine et al. 2012 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antimyctophum, Benthosema, Centrobranchus, Ctenoscopelus, Dasyscopelus, Diogenichthys, Electrona, Gonichthys, Krefftichthys, Loweina, Metelectrona, Myctophini, Protomyctophum, Symbolophorus
Subtaxa: Tarletonbeania crenularis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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