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Diogenichthys

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Diogenichthys Bolin
1949Diogenichthys Fraser-Brunner p. 1053
1980Diogenichthys Schwarzhans p. 55
2013Diogenichthys Schwarzhans p. 158
2013Diogenichthys Schwarzhans and Aguilera p. 97
2018Diogenichthys Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3
2019Diogenichthys Schwarzhans p. 116
2021Diogenichthys Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyMyctophinaeFowler 1925
genusDiogenichthysBolin 1839

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. Diogenichthys Bolin 1839
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†Diogenichthys aguilerai Schwarzhans 2013
†Diogenichthys hulleyi Schwarzhans 2013
†Diogenichthys laternatum Garman 1899
†Diogenichthys rangiauriensis Schwarzhans 2019
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Waipipian or 23.04000 to 3.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 21.7 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) D. aguilerai (219582)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile D. aguilerai (46982 241729 241730 241733)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Chile (Bio-Bio) D. aguilerai (46979)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Trinidad and Tobago D. sp. (219233)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Chile D. aguilerai (241735)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand D. sp. (67900)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Gabon D. hulleyi (219362)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) D. rangiauriensis (219645)