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Notoscopelus elongatus

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Scopelus elongatus was named by Costa (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Notoscopelus elongatus by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Brzobohaty and Nolf (1996) and Girone et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. scopelopsoies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Scopelus elongatus Costa
1983Notoscopelus elongatus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 159
1996Notoscopelus elongatus Brzobohaty and Nolf p. 160
2006Notoscopelus elongatus Girone et al. p. 656

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyGymnoscopelinae
genusNotoscopelusGuenther 1864
specieselongatus(Costa 1844)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:28:48
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:28:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Aichi) Notoscopelus elongatus (161449)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Notoscopelus elongatus (207584 207588)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Notoscopelus elongatus (70491 78437 178120 187503 187504 187506 187507)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Notoscopelus elongatus (207591)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Notoscopelus elongatus (159096)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) Notoscopelus elongatus (207576)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus (207569 207571)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy Notoscopelus elongatus (159378 159455 159823)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus (207578)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Notoscopelus elongatus (207577)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus (207573 207574 207575)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy Notoscopelus elongatus (159361)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus (207568)