Osteichthyes - 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 Italianà di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326
Belongs to Lampanyctodes according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Lampanyctodes hectoris, Lampanyctodes mimiensis
Type specimen: CD971, an otolith. Its type locality is Te Araroa, East Cape Road, which is in a Kapitean marine horizon in New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Te Araroa, East Cape Road
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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