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Lampanyctus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	35622	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35622

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Myctophiformes : Myctophidae : Lampanyctus

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	Lampanyctus	Bonaparte 1840

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lampanyctus	genus	belongs to Myctophidae	stated without evidence	David, 1943
Lampanyctus	genus	belongs to Myctophiformes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Lampanyctus	genus	belongs to Myctophydae	stated with evidence	Girone et al., 2006
Lampanyctus	genus	belongs to Lampanyctinae	stated with evidence	Fierstine et al., 2012
Lampanyctus	genus	belongs to Lampanyctini	stated without evidence	Denton, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (42%)

First 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)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lampanyctus crocodilus species	listed (PBDB)	4	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Lampanyctus cupriarius species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Lampanyctus ecnomi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	16.0 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Lampanyctus latesulcatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Lampanyctus licatae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	7.25 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Lampanyctus longaevus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Lampanyctus petrolifer ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Lampanyctus pussilus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Lampanyctus regalis species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Lampanyctus remifer ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Lampanyctus ritteri species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1840	Lampanyctus Bonaparte
1943	Lampanyctus David p. 13
1983	Lampanyctus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 158
2002	Lampanyctus Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Lampanyctus Girone et al. p. 656
2012	Lampanyctus Fierstine et al. p. 54
2013	Lampanyctus Denton p. 788

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

David L. R. (1943) Miocene Fishes of Southern California, Geological Society of America Special Paper 43, 1-187

Nolf D., Steurbaut E. (1983) Revision des otolithes de teleosteens du Tortonien stratotypique et de Montegibbio (Miocene Superieur d'Italie Septentrionale), Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie 20 4, 143-197

Girone A., Nolf D., et al (2006) Pleistocene fish otoliths from the Mediterranean Basin: a synthesis, Geobios 39, 651-671

Fierstine H. L., Huddleston R. W., et al (2012) Catalog of the Neogene bony fishes of California: A ystematic inventory of all published accounts, Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 159, 1-206

Denton J. S. (2013) Lanternfish (Teleostei, Myctophiformes, Myctophidae) body fossils from the Modelo Formation (Upper Miocene) of Los Angeles County, California, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 4, 786-793 doi:10.1080/039.033.0415

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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