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Lampanyctus ecnomi

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Clupea ecnomi was named by Sauvage (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Licata, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in Italy.

It was recombined as Lampanyctus ecnomi by Bedini et al. (1986), Gregorova (2004), Carnevale (2007), Legendre et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2017-07-14; modified by M. Uhen on 2020-05-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Clupea ecnomi Sauvage p. 20
1873Clupea ecnomi Sauvage p. 228
1986Lampanyctus ecnomi Bedini et al. p. 40
2004Lampanyctus ecnomi Gregorova p. 82 figs. Table 1
2007Lampanyctus ecnomi Carnevale p. 26
2020Lampanyctus ecnomi Legendre et al. p. 26

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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
speciesecnomi()

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.

Lampanyctus ecnomi Sauvage 1870
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Messinian or 15.98000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Italy Lampanyctus ecnomi (185486)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Clupea ecnomi, Lampanyctus ecnomi (185692) Lampanyctus ecnomi (186576 186577 210251 210640)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Sicily) Lampanyctus ecnomi (186578)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Lampanyctus ecnomi (210628)