Neoscopelus Johnson 1863 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Neoscopelidae
Parent taxon: Neoscopelidae according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019
See also Fraser-Brunner 1949, Lin et al. 2017, Martin et al. 2018 and Schwarzhans 2004
Sister taxa: Neoscopelinae, Sardinioidinae, Scopelengys, Solivomer
Subtaxa: Neoscopelus brunni Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Neoscopelus microchir Neoscopelus navicularis Neoscopelus nuussuaqensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Japan (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of France (1)
• Paleocene of Greenland (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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