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Diaphus edwardsi
Taxonomy
Rhodeus edwardsi 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 Myctophum (Lampanyctus) edwardsi by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927); it was recombined as Myctophum edwardsi by Leonardi (1959); it was recombined as Myctophidarum edwardsi by Schwarzhans (1978); it was recombined as Diaphus edwardsi by Bedini et al. (1986), Gregorova (2004).
It was recombined as Myctophum (Lampanyctus) edwardsi by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927); it was recombined as Myctophum edwardsi by Leonardi (1959); it was recombined as Myctophidarum edwardsi by Schwarzhans (1978); it was recombined as Diaphus edwardsi by Bedini et al. (1986), Gregorova (2004).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. acutirostrum, D. adenomus, D. aliciae, D. befralai, D. cavallonis, D. cyrano, D. depresifrons, D. excavatus, D. kokeni, D. muraii, D. praerafinesquii, D. pristismetallis, D. prspicillatoides, D. pulcher, D. quadrangularis, D. rafinesquei, D. rubus, D. shizukuishiensis, D. suborbitalis, D. sulci, D. taanigni, D. trapezoidalis, D. licatae
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1870 | Rhodeus edwardsi Sauvage |
| 1873 | Rhodeus edwardsi Sauvage p. 192 |
| 1925 | Myctophum (Lampanyctus) edwardsi Arambourg p. 84 |
| 1927 | Myctophum (Lampanyctus) edwardsi Arambourg p. 49 |
| 1959 | Myctophum edwardsi Leonardi |
| 1978 | Myctophidarum edwardsi Schwarzhans p. 16 |
| 1986 | Diaphus edwardsi Bedini et al. p. 29 |
| 2004 | Diaphus edwardsi Gregorova p. 82 figs. Table 1 |
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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.
†Diaphus edwardsi Sauvage 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Messinian | Italy | Diaphus edwardsi (186575 186576 210251 210640) Diaphus edwardsi, Lampanyctus edwardsi (186579) Rhodeus edwardsi (185692) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | Diaphus edwardsi (210628) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Sicily) | Diaphus edwardsi, Lampanyctus edwardsi (186578) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | Myctophum edwardsi (186582 219784) | |
| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | Myctophum edwardsi (59256) | |
| Zanclean | Greece (Crete) | Myctophidarum edwardsi (207582) |