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Lampanyctodes

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Lampanyctodes was named by Fraser-Brunner (1949) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant. Its type is Scopelus hectoris.

It was assigned to Myctophinae by Fraser-Brunner (1949); to Gymnoscopelini by Schwarzhans (1980); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gymnoscopelinae by Martin et al. (2018), Schwarzhans (2019), Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Lampanyctodes Fraser-Brunner p. 1080
1980Lampanyctodes Schwarzhans p. 77
2002Lampanyctodes Sepkoski
2018Lampanyctodes Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3
2019Lampanyctodes Schwarzhans p. 139
2021Lampanyctodes Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyGymnoscopelinae
genusLampanyctodes

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. Lampanyctodes Fraser-Brunner 1949
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Lampanyctodes hectoris Günther 1876
†Lampanyctodes transitivus Schwarzhans 2019
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tongaporutuan to the top of the Holocene or 11.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.2 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333New Zealand Scopelus mimiensis (204339)
Tongaporutuan11.04 - 7.2New Zealand (North Island) L. mimiensis (219269 219553 219554)
Kapitean7.2 - 5.333New Zealand (North Island) L. transitivus (219555)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.7New Zealand L. mimiensis (219270)
Opoitian - Mangapanian5.333 - 2.4New Zealand (North Island) L. hectoris (219628)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) L. hectoris (219644 219645)
Mangapanian - Nukumaruan3.0 - 1.63New Zealand L. hectoris (219631)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (North Island) L. hectoris (219637)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (South Island) L. hectoris (219643)
Haweran - Holocene0.34 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) L. hectoris (219640)