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Scopelus lacertosus

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Scopelus lacertosus 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 is the type species of Parascopelus.

It was recombined as Parascopelus lacertosus by Sauvage (1873), Woodward (1901), Arambourg (1925), Carnevale (2007) and Legendre et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. cirucularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Scopelus lacertosus Sauvage p. 22
1873Parascopelus lacertosus Sauvage p. 196
1901Parascopelus lacertosus Woodward p. 256
1925Parascopelus lacertosus Arambourg p. 64
2007Parascopelus lacertosus Carnevale p. 15
2020Parascopelus lacertosus Legendre et al. p. 15

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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
genusScopelusCuvier 1816
specieslacertosus

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.

†Scopelus lacertosus Sauvage 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available