Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Lampanyctinae according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019
See also Aguilera and de Aguilera 2001, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fraser-Brunner 1949, Girone et al. 2006, Lin et al. 2017, Martin et al. 2018, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bolinichthys, Ceratoscopelus, Diaphini, Gymnoscopelini, Gymnoscopelus, Lampanictini, Lampanyctini, Lepidophanes, Oligophus, Parvilux, Stenobrachius, Taaningichthys, Triphoturus
Subtaxa: Lampadena (Dorsadena) Lampadena (Lampadena) Lampadena (Lychnophora) Lampadena anomala Lampadena bathyphila Lampadena braueri Lampadena chavesi Lampadena dea Lampadena gracile Lampadena gracilis Lampadena ionica Lampadena minima Lampadena scapha Lampadena speculigeroides Lampadena urophaos
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Italy (3), United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Japan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1), Greece (5), Italy (10), Japan (3), Panama (1)
Total: 30 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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