†Discosternon Carnevale 2008 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Full reference: G. Carnevale. 2008. Miniature deep-sea hatchetfish (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) from the Miocene of Italy . Geological Magazine 145(1):73-84
Parent taxon: Sternoptychidae according to G. Carnevale 2008
Sister taxa: Argyripnus, Argyropelecus, Danaphos, Eosternoptyx, Maurolicus, Polyipnoides, Polyipnus, Sternoptychidarum, Sternoptyx, Valenciennellus
Subtaxa: Discosternon federicae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gessopalena (Miocene of Italy)
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