Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Full reference: W. Weiler. 1943. Die Otolithen aus dem Jungtertiär Süd-Rumäniens. 1. Buglow und Sarmat. Senkenbergiana 26:87-115
Belongs to Scopelus according to W. Weiler 1950
See also Weiler 1943
Sister taxa: Myctophum (Scopelus) evermani, Myctophum (Scopelus) humboldti, Myctophum (Scopelus) rufinum, Scopelus argenteus, Scopelus biarritzensis, Scopelus ellipticus, Scopelus excavatus, Scopelus fragilis, Scopelus frosti, Scopelus incisus, Scopelus kokeni, Scopelus lacertosus, Scopelus laminatus, Scopelus latirostratus, Scopelus mammatus, Scopelus mediterraneus, Scopelus papuensis, Scopelus pulcher, Scopelus regularis, Scopelus splendidus, Scopelus sulcatus, Scopelus tenuis, Scopelus tutamoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Melicesti, which is in a Serravallian marine horizon in Romania
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Melicesti
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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