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Ceratoscopelus

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Ceratoscopelus Günther
1959Ceratoscopelus Weiler p. 151
1978Ceratoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 12
1983Ceratoscopelus Fitch and Lavenberg p. 512
2002Ceratoscopelus Sepkoski
2006Ceratoscopelus Girone et al. p. 655
2012Ceratoscopelus Fierstine et al. p. 52
2013Ceratoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 159
2013Ceratoscopelus Schwarzhans and Aguilera p. 108
2018Ceratoscopelus Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3
2019Ceratoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 123
2019Ceratoscopelus Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 369

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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)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyLampanyctinaePaxton 1972
genusCeratoscopelusGünther 1864

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. Ceratoscopelus Günther 1864
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Ceratoscopelus maderensis Lowe 1839 [Madeira lantern fish]
†Ceratoscopelus miocenicus Bedini et al. 1986
†Ceratoscopelus priscus Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
†Ceratoscopelus richardsoni Schwarzhans 2019
Ceratoscopelus townsendi Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1889
†Ceratoscopelus weileri Brzobohaty 1965
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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 55.80000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Brazil C. warmingii (210208)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (North Island) C. richardsoni (219517 219519 219521 219522)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Island) C. richardsoni (219527)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) C. richardsoni (219608 219622)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Aichi) C. sp. (161449)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Crete) C. maderensis (207587 207589)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Greece (Crete) C. maderensis (207593)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) C. maderensis (207591 207592)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy C. miocenicus (186576 210640) C. sp. (220502)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Zakynthos) C. maderensis (207583)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) C. maderensis (207769)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Crete) C. madarensis (207582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy C. maderensis (210256 210257 223700)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) C. maderensis (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Venezuela C. priscus (219229)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) C. maderensis (223702 223703)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) C. townsendi (219858 219859)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan C. townsendi (219768 219769)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) C. townsendi (19703)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) C. maderensis (207357)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan (Hane) C. townsendi (219771 219773)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy C. maderensis (210258)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) C. townsendi (219767)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy C. maderensis (57058)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) C. maderensis (207580 207581)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Panama C. sp. (219244)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy C. maderensis (159096)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) C. maderensis (207569 207571)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) C. sp., C. maderensis (207576)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy C. maderensis (159378 159455 159823)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) C. sp., C. maderensis (207577)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) C. sp., C. maderensis (207578)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) C. townsendi (219855)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy C. maderensis (159140)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) C. maderensis (207568 207570)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy C. maderensis (159361)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) C. townsendi (219033 219857)