Triphoturus Fraser-Brunner 1949 (lanternfish)
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Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Parent taxon: Lampanyctinae according to R. P. Martin et al. 2018
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Schwarzhans 1978, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bolinichthys, Ceratoscopelus, Diaphini, Gymnoscopelini, Gymnoscopelus, Lampadena, Lampanictini, Lampanyctini, Lepidophanes, Oligophus, Parvilux, Stenobrachius, Taaningichthys
Subtaxa: Triphoturus mexicanus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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