Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative combination: Lampanyctus resplendens
Belongs to Notoscopelus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Brzobohaty and Nolf 1996, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fitch 1969 and Schwarzhans 1980
Sister taxa: Notoscopelus bolini, Notoscopelus caudispinosus, Notoscopelus effertus, Notoscopelus elongatus, Notoscopelus kuboensis, Notoscopelus mediterraneus, Notoscopelus praejaponicus, Notoscopelus scopelopsoides
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), New Zealand (1), United States (1: California)
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (4), New Zealand (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Greece (2), Italy (7), New Zealand (5)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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