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Notoscopelus

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Notoscopelus Guenther
1973Notoscopelus Ohe and Araki p. 411
1980Notoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 80
1983Notoscopelus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 159
2002Notoscopelus Sepkoski
2006Notoscopelus Girone et al. p. 656
2012Notoscopelus Fierstine et al. p. 57
2013Notoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 164
2013Notoscopelus Schwarzhans and Aguilera p. 112
2017Notoscopelus Lin et al. p. 21
2018Notoscopelus Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3
2019Notoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 142
2019Notoscopelus Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 388

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

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.

G. Notoscopelus Guenther 1864
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†Notoscopelus bolini Nafpakittis 1975
†Notoscopelus effertus Schwarzhans 2019
†Notoscopelus kuboensis Ohe and Araki 1973
†Notoscopelus praejaponicus Schwarzhans and Ohe 2019
Notoscopelus resplendens Richardson 1845
†Notoscopelus scopelopsoides Schwarzhans 1980
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Otaian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 21.70000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 19.0 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan (Mie) N. sp., Lampanyctus kuboensis (222497)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (North Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219517 219519 219520 219521 219522)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219590 219591)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (152323)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219595 219598 219599 219606 219608 219609) N. resplendens (219601 219622) N. scopelopsoies (219341)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand N. scopelopsoides (67900)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219527)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Aichi) N. elongatus (161449)
Clifdenian15.9 - 13.65New Zealand (South Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219276)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) N. resplendens (219610)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Crete) N. elongatus (207584 207588) N. sp. (207585)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece N. resplendens (60746)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy N. elongatus (178120) N. elongatus, N. resplendens (187507) N. elongatus, N. resplendens, N. bolini (70491 78437 187503 187504) N. elongatus, N. resplendens, N. caudispinosus, N. bolini (187506) N. resplendens, N. bolini (187505)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Gavdos) N. resplendens (207594)
Tongaporutuan11.608 - 6.5New Zealand (North Island) N. kuboensis (219554) N. resplendens (219269) N. resplendens, N. kuboensis (219553)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) N. elongatus (207591)
Kapitean6.5 - 5.333New Zealand (North Island) N. effertus (219555)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.6New Zealand N. resplendens (219270)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) N. resplendens (207769)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica N. caudispinosus (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) N. kuboensis (219767)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan (Hane) N. kuboensis (219771 219775)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) N. resplendens (207303 207357 207359)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan N. kuboensis (219769)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) N. resplendens (19703)
Mangapanian - Nukumaruan3.0 - 1.63New Zealand N. resplendens (219631)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy N. elongatus (159096)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Japan N. kuboensis (219781)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) N. elongatus (207569 207571)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) N. elongatus (207576)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy N. elongatus (159378 159455 159823)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) N. elongatus, N. resplendens (207578)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) N. elongatus (207577)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (South Island) N. resplendens (219643)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) N. elongatus (207573 207574 207575)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) N. praejaponicus (219764)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan N. praejaponicus (219777)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy N. elongatus (159361)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) N. elongatus (207568)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) N. resplendens (219857)