Eomyctophum menneri Danil'chenko 1947 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Full reference: P. G. Danil'chenko. 1947. Fishes of the Family Myctophidae from the Caucasian Oligocene. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 56(2):193-196

Belongs to Eomyctophum according to P. Constantin 1999

See also Ciobanu 1977, Danil'chenko 1947, Danil'chenko 1960 and Jerzmanska 1968

Sister taxa: Eomyctophum broncus, Eomyctophum cozlae, Eomyctophum koraense, Eomyctophum limicola, Eomyctophum porokawa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Talgi River, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in the Russian Federation

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Romania (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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