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Lampanyctus licatae

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Acanthonotos licatae 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 Hemithyrsites licatae by Sauvage (1873); it was recombined as Lampanyctus licatae by Bedini et al. (1986), Gregorova (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Acanthonotos licatae Sauvage p. 10
1873Hemithyrsites licatae Sauvage p. 139
1986Lampanyctus licatae Bedini et al. p. 42
2004Lampanyctus licatae Gregorova p. 82 figs. Table 1

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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
specieslicatae()

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 licatae 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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Sicily) Lampanyctus licatae (186578)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Acanthonotos licatae, Lampanyctus licatae (type locality: 185692) Lampanyctus licatae (186576 186577 186579 210251 210640)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Lampanyctus licatae (186580 210628)