Tachynectes vinarensis Bayer 1902 (lanternfish)

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Full reference: F. Bayer. 1902. Taxonomic names, in Nové ryby českého útvaru křídového. Palaeontographica Bohemiae 7:1-18

Belongs to Tachynectes according to F. Bayer 1905

See also Bayer 1902 and Bayer 1903

Sister taxa: Tachynectes brachypterygius, Tachynectes longipes, Tachynectes macrodactylus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vinar bei Hohenmauth, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in the Jizera Formation of Czechia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vinar bei Hohenmauth

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