Eomyctophum Temporal range: | |
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Fossil specimen of E. cozlae (bottom) with Sarmatella (top) from Romania | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Myctophiformes |
Family: | Myctophidae |
Subfamily: | † Eomyctophinae |
Genus: | † Eomyctophum Daniltshenko, 1947 |
Type species | |
†Eomyctophum koraensis Daniltshenko, 1947 | |
Species | |
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Eomyctophum ("dawn Myctophum ") is an extinct genus of lanternfish that inhabited the Paratethys Sea during the Oligocene. [1] It is the only member of the extinct subfamily Eomyctophinae, although Eokrefftia may also belong in it. [2] Its remains are known from throughout eastern Europe & western Asia in both the Caucasus and Carpathians, and comprise both articulated skeletons and otoliths, suggesting it was a particularly common fish. [3] [4]
The following species are known: [3]
The former species E. gracilis and E. limicolus are now placed in the blackchin Beckerophotus and the lanternfish Oligophus respectively. [3]