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Gymnoscopelinae

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Gymnoscopelinae Martin et al. p. 79
2019Gymnoscopelinae Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 388

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyGymnoscopelinae
subfamilyGymnoscopelinae

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.

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G. Hintonia Fraser-Brunner 1949
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Hintonia candens Fraser-Brunner 1949
†Hintonia robertsi Schwarzhans 2019
G. Lampanyctodes Fraser-Brunner 1949
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Lampanyctodes hectoris Günther 1876
†Lampanyctodes transitivus Schwarzhans 2019
G. Lampichthys Fraser-Brunner 1949
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†Lampichthys mangapariensis Schwarzhans 1980
Lampichthys rectangularis Fraser-Brunner 1949
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]
G. Scopelopsis Brauer 1906
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Scopelopsis caudalis Whitley 1932
†Scopelopsis pliocenicus Anfossi and Mosna 1976
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, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Otaian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 21.70000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 19.0 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan (Mie) Notoscopelus sp., Lampanyctus kuboensis (222497)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (152323)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (North Island) Hintonia robertsi, Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219522) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219517 219519 219520 219521)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219590 219591)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Notoscopelus scopelopsoides (67900)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219527)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219595 219598 219599 219606 219608 219609) Notoscopelus resplendens (219601 219622) Notoscopelus scopelopsoies (219341)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Aichi) Notoscopelus elongatus (161449)
Clifdenian15.9 - 13.65New Zealand (South Island) Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (219276)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) Notoscopelus resplendens (219610)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus (178120) Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus, Notoscopelus resplendens (187507) Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus, Notoscopelus resplendens, Notoscopelus bolini (70491 78437 187503 187504) Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus, Notoscopelus resplendens, Notoscopelus caudispinosus, Notoscopelus bolini (187506) Scopelopsis pliocenicus (187596) Scopelopsis pliocenicus, Notoscopelus resplendens, Notoscopelus bolini (187505)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Notoscopelus resplendens (60746)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Gavdos) Notoscopelus resplendens (207594)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Notoscopelus elongatus (207584 207588) Notoscopelus sp. (207585) Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207587)
Tongaporutuan11.608 - 6.5New Zealand (North Island) Lampanyctodes mimiensis, Notoscopelus kuboensis (219554) Notoscopelus resplendens, Lampanyctodes mimiensis, Lampichthys mangapariensis (219269) Notoscopelus resplendens, Lampanyctodes mimiensis, Lampichthys mangapariensis, Notoscopelus kuboensis (219553)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333New Zealand Scopelus mimiensis (204339)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207591)
Kapitean6.5 - 5.333New Zealand (North Island) Lampanyctodes transitivus, Notoscopelus effertus (219555)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Notoscopelus resplendens, Lampanyctodes mimiensis (219270)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) Notoscopelus resplendens (207769)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Notoscopelus caudispinosus (186673)
Opoitian - Mangapanian5.333 - 2.4New Zealand (North Island) Lampanyctodes hectoris (219628)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Lampanyctodes hectoris (219644 219645)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan (Hane) Notoscopelus kuboensis (219771 219775)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Notoscopelus resplendens (19703)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) Notoscopelus kuboensis (219767)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Notoscopelus kuboensis (219769)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) Notoscopelus resplendens (207303 207359) Scopelopsis pliocenicus, Notoscopelus resplendens (207357)
Mangapanian - Nukumaruan3.0 - 1.63New Zealand Notoscopelus resplendens, Lampanyctodes hectoris (219631)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Notoscopelus elongatus (159096)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Japan Notoscopelus kuboensis (219781)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207576)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus (207569) Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207571)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy Notoscopelus elongatus (159823) Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus (159378 159455)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus, Notoscopelus resplendens (207578)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207577)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (South Island) Notoscopelus resplendens, Lampanyctodes hectoris (219643)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (North Island) Lampanyctodes hectoris (219637)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) Notoscopelus praejaponicus (219764)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus (207573 207574 207575)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan Notoscopelus praejaponicus (219777)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus (159361)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus (207568)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Notoscopelus resplendens (219857)
Haweran - Holocene0.34 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Lampanyctodes hectoris (219640)