Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Full reference: J. Sulc. 1932. Otolity Paleogénu okolà biarritz. Rozpravy Statniho Geologickeho Ustavu Ceskoslovenske Republiky 7:1-94
Belongs to Scopelus according to G. A. Frost 1934
See also Sulc 1932
Sister taxa: Myctophum (Scopelus) evermani, Myctophum (Scopelus) humboldti, Myctophum (Scopelus) rufinum, Scopelus argenteus, Scopelus biarritzensis, Scopelus excavatus, Scopelus fragilis, Scopelus frosti, Scopelus incisus, Scopelus kokeni, Scopelus lacertosus, Scopelus laminatus, Scopelus latirostratus, Scopelus mammatus, Scopelus mediterraneus, Scopelus obliquus, Scopelus papuensis, Scopelus pulcher, Scopelus regularis, Scopelus splendidus, Scopelus sulcatus, Scopelus tenuis, Scopelus tutamoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Waingake, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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