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Neoscopelidae
Taxonomy
Neoscopelidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Myctophoidei by Prokofiev (2006); and to Myctophiformes by Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Lin et al. (2017), Martin et al. (2018) and Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019).
It was assigned to Myctophoidei by Prokofiev (2006); and to Myctophiformes by Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Lin et al. (2017), Martin et al. (2018) and Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Neoscopelidae Prokofiev p. S50 |
| 2013 | Neoscopelidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Neoscopelidae Nelson et al. p. 277 |
| 2017 | Neoscopelidae Lin et al. p. 889 |
| 2018 | Neoscopelidae Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3 |
| 2019 | Neoscopelidae Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 363 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Neoscopelidae
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Subfm. †Neoscopelinae Parr 1928
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G. Neoscopelus Johnson 1863
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†Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara 1943
†Neoscopelus navicularis Lin et al. 2017
†Neoscopelus nuussuaqensis Schwarzhans 2004
Subfm. †Sardinioidinae
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G. Scopelengys Alcock 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Piacenzian or 66.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Danian | Greenland | Neoscopelus nuussuaqensis (22943) | |
| Ypresian | Turkmenistan | Neocassandra mica (186444) | |
| Lutetian | Georgia | Eomyctophum gracile (185619) | |
| Lutetian | France | Neoscopelus navicularis (188957) | |
| Chattian | France | Neoscopelus sp. (219194) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Aichi) | Solivomer arenidens, Neoscopelus microchir (161449) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan (Okinawa) | Neoscopelus microchir (219767) |