Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Myctophinae according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Martin et al. 2018, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979, Steurbaut 1984 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Antimyctophum, Benthosema, Centrobranchus, Ctenoscopelus, Dasyscopelus, Diogenichthys, Electrona, Gonichthys, Krefftichthys, Loweina, Metelectrona, Myctophini, Protomyctophum, Tarletonbeania
Subtaxa: Symbolophorus biatlanticus Symbolophorus boops Symbolophorus californiensis Symbolophorus meridionalis Symbolophorus moriguchii Symbolophorus opononiensis Symbolophorus prionotus Symbolophorus tongaporutuensis Symbolophorus veranyi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (2), Japan (2), New Zealand (1), United States (3: California)
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), United States (3: California)
• Miocene of France (5), Japan (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (9), Panama (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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