Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2019. Reconstruction of the fossil marine bony fish fauna (Teleostei) from the Eocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand by means of otoliths. With studies of Recent congroid, morid and trachinoid otoliths. Memorie Della Societa ItalianĂ di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326
Belongs to Lampanyctus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Lampanyctus (Lampanyctus), Lampanyctus (Lepidophanes), Lampanyctus (Triphoturus), Lampanyctus alatus, Lampanyctus ater, Lampanyctus crocodilus, Lampanyctus cuprarius, Lampanyctus ecnomi, Lampanyctus festivus, Lampanyctus fraserbrunneri, Lampanyctus fraseri, Lampanyctus idostigma, Lampanyctus intricarius, Lampanyctus iselini, Lampanyctus joubini, Lampanyctus latesulcatus, Lampanyctus licatae, Lampanyctus longaevus, Lampanyctus microchir, Lampanyctus microsoma, Lampanyctus nicholsi, Lampanyctus nobilis, Lampanyctus omostigma, Lampanyctus peculiaris, Lampanyctus petrolifer, Lampanyctus photonotus, Lampanyctus photothorax, Lampanyctus piabilis, Lampanyctus polyphotos, Lampanyctus profestus, Lampanyctus punctatissimus, Lampanyctus pussilus, Lampanyctus reductus, Lampanyctus regalis, Lampanyctus remifer, Lampanyctus ritteri, Lampanyctus serratus, Lampanyctus steinbecki, Lampanyctus stilbius, Lampanyctus taaningi, Lampanyctus waiohaensis, Myctophum (Lampanyctus) ecnomi, Myctophum (Lampanyctus) licatae, Serpa hoffmanni, Serpa blacki, Serpa bensoni
Type specimen: NMNZ S.47216, an otolith. Its type locality is Oamaru, Beach Road section, which is in an Altonian marine siltstone in the Mount Harris Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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