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Lampanyctus crocodilus

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Gasteropelecus crocodilus was named by Risso (1810). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lampanyctus (Lampanyctus) crocodilus by Fraser-Brunner (1949); it was recombined as Lampanyctus crocodilus by Girone et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. acanthrus, L. edwarsi, L. larteti, L. microsomus, L. pusilus, L. speculigeroides

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Gasteropelecus crocodilus Risso
1838Myctophus bonapartii Cocco
1895Lampanyctus gemmifer Goode and Bean
1949Lampanyctus (Lampanyctus) crocodilus Fraser-Brunner p. 1089
2006Lampanyctus crocodilus Girone et al. p. 656

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyLampanyctinaePaxton 1972
genusLampanyctusBonaparte 1840
speciescrocodilus(Risso 1810)

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.

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Invalid names: Lampanyctus gemmifer Goode and Bean 1895 [synonym], Myctophus bonapartii Cocco 1838 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:28:48
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:28:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Lampanyctus crocodilus (210257)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Lampanyctus crocodilus (210258)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Lampanyctus crocodilus (159096)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Lampanyctus crocodilus (207569 207571)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) Lampanyctus crocodilus (207576)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Lampanyctus crocodilus (159378 159455 159823)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Lampanyctus crocodilus (207577)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Lampanyctus crocodilus (207578)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Lampanyctus crocodilus (207568)