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Neoscopelus
Taxonomy
Neoscopelus was named by Johnson (1863). It is extant.
It was assigned to Neoscopelinae by Fraser-Brunner (1949); and to Neoscopelidae by Schwarzhans (2004), Lin et al. (2017), Martin et al. (2018) and Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019).
It was assigned to Neoscopelinae by Fraser-Brunner (1949); and to Neoscopelidae by Schwarzhans (2004), Lin et al. (2017), Martin et al. (2018) and Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Neoscopelus Johnson |
| 1949 | Neoscopelus Fraser-Brunner p. 1038 |
| 2004 | Neoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 9 |
| 2017 | Neoscopelus Lin et al. p. 889 |
| 2018 | Neoscopelus Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3 |
| 2019 | Neoscopelus Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 363 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Neoscopelus Johnson 1863
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Neoscopelus brunni Whitley 1931
Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson 1863
†Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara 1943
†Neoscopelus navicularis Lin et al. 2017
†Neoscopelus nuussuaqensis Schwarzhans 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Piacenzian or 66.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Danian | Greenland | N. nuussuaqensis (22943) | |
| Lutetian | France | N. navicularis (188957) | |
| Chattian | France | N. sp. (219194) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Aichi) | N. microchir (161449) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan (Okinawa) | N. microchir (219767) |