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Notoscopelus

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Macrostoma Agassiz p. 15
1864Notoscopelus Guenther
1890Catablemella Eigenmann and Eigenmann p. 1096
1949Notoscopelus Fraser-Brunner p. 1096
1973Notoscopelus Ohe and Araki p. 411
1980Notoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 80
1983Notoscopelus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 159
2002Notoscopelus Sepkoski
2006Notoscopelus Girone et al. p. 656
2012Notoscopelus Fierstine et al. p. 57
2013Notoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 164
2013Notoscopelus Schwarzhans and Aguilera p. 112
2017Notoscopelus Lin et al. p. 21
2018Notoscopelus Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3
2019Notoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 142
2019Notoscopelus Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 388

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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
genusNotoscopelusGuenther 1864

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. Notoscopelus Guenther 1864
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Notoscopelus bolini Nafpakittis 1975
Notoscopelus castaneus Goode and Bean 1815
Notoscopelus effertus Schwarzhans 2019
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Invalid names: Macrostoma angustidens Jordan and Evermann 1896 [synonym], Notoscopelus brachychir Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1891 [synonym], Notoscopelus ejectus Waite 1904 [synonym], Notoscopelus quercinus Goode and Bean 1895 [synonym], Scopelus crocodilus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1849 [synonym], Scopelus kroyeri Malm 1863 [synonym], Scopelus pseudocrocodilus Moreau 1891 [synonym]
Notoscopelus kuboensis Ohe and Araki 1973
Notoscopelus margaritifer Goode and Bean 1895
Notoscopelus praejaponicus Schwarzhans and Ohe 2019
Notoscopelus resplendens Richardson 1845
Notoscopelus scopelopsoides Schwarzhans 1980
Invalid names: Catablemella Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 [synonym], Macrostoma Agassiz 1839 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Ionian or 20.45000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 18.7 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan (Mie) N. sp., Lampanyctus kuboensis (222497)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (46980 46982 241729 241730 241731 241733 241737)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (152323)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219590 219591)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219517 219519 219520 219521 219522)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Chile Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (179976)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219527)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand N. scopelopsoides (67900)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219595 219598 219599 219606 219608 219609) N. resplendens (219601 219622) N. scopelopsoies (219341)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Aichi) N. elongatus (161449)
Clifdenian15.9 - 15.1New Zealand (South Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219276)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) N. resplendens (219610)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece N. resplendens (60746)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy N. elongatus (178120) N. elongatus, N. resplendens (187507) N. elongatus, N. resplendens, N. bolini (70491 78437 187503 187504) N. elongatus, N. resplendens, N. caudispinosus, N. bolini (187506) N. resplendens, N. bolini (187505)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece (Gavdos) N. resplendens (207594)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece (Crete) N. elongatus (207584 207588) N. sp. (207585)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Asti) N. elongatus, N. resplendens, N. bolini (237147)
Tongaporutuan11.04 - 7.2New Zealand (North Island) N. kuboensis (219554) N. resplendens (219269) N. resplendens, N. kuboensis (219553)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) N. elongatus (207591)
Kapitean7.2 - 5.333New Zealand (North Island) N. effertus (219555)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.7New Zealand N. resplendens (219270)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Taiwan (Taiwan) N. resplendens (237151)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) N. resplendens (207769)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica N. caudispinosus (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) N. kuboensis (219767)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) N. resplendens (19703)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan N. kuboensis (219769)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Hane) N. kuboensis (219771 219775)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy N. resplendens (277335)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece (Crete) N. resplendens (207303 207357 207359)
Mangapanian - Nukumaruan3.0 - 1.63New Zealand N. resplendens (219631)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy N. elongatus (159096)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Japan N. kuboensis (219781)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) N. elongatus (207576)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) N. elongatus (207569 207571)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy N. elongatus (159378 159455)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) N. elongatus (207577)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) N. elongatus, N. resplendens (207578)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (South Island) N. resplendens (219643)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) N. elongatus (207573 207574 207575)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) N. praejaponicus (219764)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy N. elongatus (159823)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan N. praejaponicus (219777)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) N. elongatus (207568)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy N. elongatus (159361)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) N. resplendens (219857)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) N. resplendens (275914)