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Scopelopsis pliocenicus

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Myctophum pliocenicum was named by Anfossi and Mosna (1976).

It was recombined as Scopelopsis pliocenicus by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983) and Girone et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Myctophum pliocenicum Anfossi and Mosna
1983Scopelopsis pliocenicus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 159
2006Scopelopsis pliocenicus 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
genusScopelopsisBrauer 1906
speciespliocenicus(Anfossi and Mosna 1976)

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.

†Scopelopsis pliocenicus Anfossi and Mosna 1976
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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 (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Scopelopsis pliocenicus (70491 78437 178120 187503 187504 187505 187506 187507 187596)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207587)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207591)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207357)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207571)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207576)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy Scopelopsis pliocenicus (159378 159455)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207578)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207577)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy Scopelopsis pliocenicus (159361)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207568)