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Notoscopelus
Taxonomy
Notoscopelus was named by Guenther (1864) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Myctophinae by Fraser-Brunner (1949); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Lampanyctinae by Fierstine et al. (2012); to Gymnoscopelini by Schwarzhans (1980), Schwarzhans (2013), Schwarzhans and Aguilera (2013); to Myctophidae by Ohe and Araki (1973), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Girone et al. (2006), Lin et al. (2017); and to Gymnoscopelinae by Martin et al. (2018), Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019), Schwarzhans (2019).
It was assigned to Myctophinae by Fraser-Brunner (1949); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Lampanyctinae by Fierstine et al. (2012); to Gymnoscopelini by Schwarzhans (1980), Schwarzhans (2013), Schwarzhans and Aguilera (2013); to Myctophidae by Ohe and Araki (1973), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Girone et al. (2006), Lin et al. (2017); and to Gymnoscopelinae by Martin et al. (2018), Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019), Schwarzhans (2019).
Species
Macrostoma altum, Macrostoma grayi, N. bolini, N. castaneus, N. caudispinosus, N. effertus, N. elongatus (syn. Scopelus crocodilus, N. ejectus, N. brachychir, Macrostoma angustidens, N. quercinus, Scopelus kroyeri, Scopelus pseudocrocodilus), N. kuboensis, N. margaritifer, N. mediterraneus, N. praejaponicus, N. resplendens, N. scopelopsoides
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2014-08-02
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Macrostoma Agassiz p. 15 |
| 1864 | Notoscopelus Guenther |
| 1890 | Catablemella Eigenmann and Eigenmann p. 1096 |
| 1949 | Notoscopelus Fraser-Brunner p. 1096 |
| 1973 | Notoscopelus Ohe and Araki p. 411 |
| 1980 | Notoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 80 |
| 1983 | Notoscopelus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 159 |
| 2002 | Notoscopelus Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Notoscopelus Girone et al. p. 656 |
| 2012 | Notoscopelus Fierstine et al. p. 57 |
| 2013 | Notoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 164 |
| 2013 | Notoscopelus Schwarzhans and Aguilera p. 112 |
| 2017 | Notoscopelus Lin et al. p. 21 |
| 2018 | Notoscopelus Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3 |
| 2019 | Notoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 142 |
| 2019 | Notoscopelus Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 388 |
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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. Notoscopelus Guenther 1864
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†Notoscopelus bolini Nafpakittis 1975
Notoscopelus castaneus Goode and Bean 1815
Notoscopelus caudispinosus Johnson 1863
†Notoscopelus effertus Schwarzhans 2019
Notoscopelus elongatus Costa 1844
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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 mediterraneus Koken 1891
†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
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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
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 Miocene | Japan (Mie) | N. sp., Lampanyctus kuboensis (222497) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (46980 46982 241729 241730 241731 241733 241737) | |
| Otaian | New Zealand | Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (152323) | |
| Otaian | New Zealand (South Island) | Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219590 219591) | |
| Otaian | New Zealand (North Island) | Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219517 219519 219520 219521 219522) | |
| Burdigalian | Chile | Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (179976) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand (North Island) | Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219527) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | N. scopelopsoides (67900) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219595 219598 219599 219606 219608 219609) N. resplendens (219601 219622) N. scopelopsoies (219341) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Aichi) | N. elongatus (161449) | |
| Clifdenian | New Zealand (South Island) | Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219276) | |
| Lillburnian - Waiauan | New Zealand (South Island) | N. resplendens (219610) | |
| Tortonian | Greece | N. resplendens (60746) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | 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) | |
| Tortonian | Greece (Gavdos) | N. resplendens (207594) | |
| Tortonian | Greece (Crete) | N. elongatus (207584 207588) N. sp. (207585) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Asti) | N. elongatus, N. resplendens, N. bolini (237147) | |
| Tongaporutuan | New Zealand (North Island) | N. kuboensis (219554) N. resplendens (219269) N. resplendens, N. kuboensis (219553) | |
| Messinian | Greece (Crete) | N. elongatus (207591) | |
| Kapitean | New Zealand (North Island) | N. effertus (219555) | |
| Opoitian | New Zealand | N. resplendens (219270) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Taiwan (Taiwan) | N. resplendens (237151) | |
| Zanclean | Greece (Peloponnese) | N. resplendens (207769) | |
| Pliocene | Jamaica | N. caudispinosus (186673) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan (Okinawa) | N. kuboensis (219767) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | N. resplendens (19703) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan | N. kuboensis (219769) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan (Hane) | N. kuboensis (219771 219775) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy | N. resplendens (277335) | |
| Piacenzian | Greece (Crete) | N. resplendens (207303 207357 207359) | |
| Mangapanian - Nukumaruan | New Zealand | N. resplendens (219631) | |
| Gelasian | Italy | N. elongatus (159096) | |
| Gelasian | Japan | N. kuboensis (219781) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Greece (Zakynthos) | N. elongatus (207576) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Greece (Rhodes) | N. elongatus (207569 207571) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | N. elongatus (159378 159455) | |
| Gelasian - Ionian | Greece (Kephallonia) | N. elongatus (207577) | |
| Gelasian - Ionian | Greece (Rhodes) | N. elongatus, N. resplendens (207578) | |
| Nukumaruan | New Zealand (South Island) | N. resplendens (219643) | |
| Calabrian | Greece (Rhodes) | N. elongatus (207573 207574 207575) | |
| Calabrian | Japan (Okinawa) | N. praejaponicus (219764) | |
| Calabrian | Italy | N. elongatus (159823) | |
| Calabrian | Japan | N. praejaponicus (219777) | |
| Ionian | Greece (Rhodes) | N. elongatus (207568) | |
| Ionian | Italy | N. elongatus (159361) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | N. resplendens (219857) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Kanagawa) | N. resplendens (275914) |