Lampanyctus petrolifer David, 1943

Taxonomy

Lanternfish

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Myctophiformes Regan 1911
Family: Myctophidae Gill 1893
Genus: Lampanyctus
Species: Lampanyctus petrolifer
Author Citation DAVID, 1943

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Miocene

Stratigraphy

Puente Formation

Provenance

Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/1991
Acquired by: Field Collection

Dimensions

Length: 4 cm

Location

Alhambra
California
United States

• california
• lampanyctus
• lanternfish
• lepidophanes
• miocene
• petrolifer
• puente formation

Comments

Quote from Denton, 2013, p. 790: "Lampanyctus petrolifer and Lampanyctus bolini (David, 1943), are likely not assigned correctly (Fitch, 1969; Prokofiev, 2002). Fitch (1969:14) notes a communication from R. Lavenberg that L. petrolifer is instead a Lepidophanes, and that L. bolini is instead a Diaphus. Although neither rediagnosis was accompanied with character data, examination of several L. petrolifer specimens at the LACM supports assignment of L. petrolifer to the Lampanyctini subclade containing Bolinichthys, Ceratoscopelus, and Lepidophanes, based on the unique morphology in this subclade of the procurrent caudal rays, and on the large size of the orbits in the cranial profile.”

 

References:

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

Denton, John S. 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: 10.1080/02724634.2013.751919