Lampadena speculigeroides Brzobohaty and Nolf 1996 (lanternfish)

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Full reference: R. Brzobohaty and D. Nolf. 1996. Otolithes de myctophidés (poissons téléostéens) des terrains tertiaires d'Europe: révision des genres Benthosema, Hygophum, Lampadena, Notoscopelus et Symbolophorus. Bulletin d l'Institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 66:151-176

Belongs to Lampadena according to R. Brzobohaty and D. Nolf 1996

Sister taxa: Lampadena (Dorsadena), Lampadena (Lampadena), Lampadena (Lychnophora), Lampadena anomala, Lampadena bathyphila, Lampadena braueri, Lampadena chavesi, Lampadena dea, Lampadena gracile, Lampadena gracilis, Lampadena ionica, Lampadena minima, Lampadena scapha, Lampadena urophaos

Type specimen: IRSNB P 6613, an otolith. Its type locality is Kostelní zmola, which is in a Badenian terrestrial sandstone in Czechia.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Czechia (1 collection), Italy (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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