†Tachynectes von der Marck 1863 (lanternfish)

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1863. Fossile Fische, Krebse und Pflanzen aus den Plattenkalken der jüngsten Kreide aus Westfalen. Palaeontographica 11:1-83

Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to K. Dietze 2009

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Benthosema, Bolinichthys, Dasyscopelus, Diaphinae, Diaphus, Diogenichthys, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Gymnoscopelinae, Lampanyctinae, Lepidophanes, Lobianchia, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Myctophum, Notolychninae

Subtaxa: Tachynectes brachypterygius Tachynectes longipes Tachynectes macrodactylus Tachynectes vinarensis

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Type: Tachynectes macrodactylus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Czechia (1 collection), Germany (2)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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