Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Full reference: E. Steurbaut. 1979. Les otholites de téléostéens des Marnes de Saubrigues (Miocène d'Aquitaine Méridionale, France) . alaeontographica. Abteilung A, Paläozoologie, Stratigraphie 166(1-3):50-91
Belongs to Symbolophorus according to R. Brzobohaty and D. Nolf 1996
See also Steurbaut 1979 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Symbolophorus biatlanticus, Symbolophorus boops, Symbolophorus californiensis, Symbolophorus moriguchii, Symbolophorus opononiensis, Symbolophorus prionotus, Symbolophorus tongaporutuensis, Symbolophorus veranyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jean Tic, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in France
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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