Protomyctophum Fraser-Brunner 1949 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Parent taxon: Myctophinae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

See also Girone et al. 2006, Martin et al. 2018, Schwarzhans 1980 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antimyctophum, Benthosema, Centrobranchus, Ctenoscopelus, Dasyscopelus, Diogenichthys, Electrona, Gonichthys, Krefftichthys, Loweina, Metelectrona, Myctophini, Symbolophorus, Tarletonbeania

Subtaxa: Protomyctophum ahunga Protomyctophum arcticum Protomyctophum crockeri

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), United States (3: California)

• Pliocene of United States (1: California)

• Miocene of New Zealand (7)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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