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Diaphus molossus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	356490	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=356490

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Myctophiformes : Myctophidae : Diaphus : Diaphus molossus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Neopterygii
-	Teleosteomorpha	Arratia et al. 2004
-	Teleostei
-	Osteoglossocephalai
-	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
-	Euteleosteomorpha
-	Neoteleostei	Rosen 1973
-	Eurypterygia
-	Ctenosquamata
-	Myctophata
order	Myctophiformes	Regan 1911
family	Myctophidae	Gill 1893
subfamily	Lampanyctinae	Paxton 1972
genus	Diaphus	Eigenmann 1890
species	Diaphus molossus	Nolf and Steurbaut 1988

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Diaphus molossus	species	belongs to Diaphus	stated with evidence	Nolf and Steurbaut, 1988
Diaphus molossus	species	belongs to Diaphus	stated without evidence	Brzobohaty and Nolf, 1995

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Myctophiformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Myctophiformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. Brzobohaty and D. Nolf. 1995. Diaphus otoliths from the European Oligocene (Myctophidae, Teleostei). Bulletin de l'Istitute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 65:257-268

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1988	Diaphus molossus Nolf and Steurbaut
1995	Diaphus molossus Brzobohaty and Nolf p. 260

References

Brzobohaty R., Nolf D. (1995) Diaphus otoliths from the European Oligocene (Myctophidae, Teleostei), Bulletin de l'Istitute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 65, 257-268

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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