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
Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Ciobanu 1977, Constantin 1999, Danil'chenko 1947, Danil'chenko 1960, Danilt'chenko 1962, Jerzmanska 1968, Přikryl et al. 2017, Prokofiev 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Diaphinae, Diaphus, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Gymnoscopelinae, Hygophum, Lampanyctinae, Lampanyctus, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Myctophum, Notolychninae, Scopelus, Tachynectes
Subtaxa: Eomyctophum broncus Eomyctophum cozlae Eomyctophum koraense Eomyctophum limicola Eomyctophum menneri Eomyctophum porokawa
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (6)
Total: 12 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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