Vinciguerria Jordan and Evermann 1895 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Stomiiformes - Phosichthyidae

Alternative spelling: Vincinguerria

Parent taxon: Photichthyidae according to A. Girone et al. 2006

See also Constantin 1999, Danil'chenko 1960, Danilt'chenko 1962, Jerzmanska 1968, Kalabis and Schultz 1974, Schwarzhans 2013, Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979, Steurbaut 1984 and Yabumoto et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Photichthyidarum, Polymetme, Woodsia

Subtaxa: Vinciguerria angulosa Vinciguerria brevis Vinciguerria distincta Vinciguerria macarovicii Vinciguerria merklini Vinciguerria obscura Vinciguerria poweriae Vinciguerria praeattenuata Vinciguerria sagittiformis Vinciguerria shinjiensis Vinciguerria talgiensis Vinciguerria yombeensis Vincinguerria attenuata Vincinguerria poweriae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (4 collections), Italy (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), Italy (4)

• Miocene of Chile (2), Czechia (1), France (3), Gabon (1), Greece (1), Japan (2), Ukraine (3)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Oligocene of Czechia (2), France (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Czechia (1)

• Eocene of Georgia (1)

Total: 37 collections including 47 occurrences

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