Biology:Eomyctophum
Eomyctophum ("dawn Myctophum") is an extinct genus of lanternfish that inhabited the Peri-Tethys region and later the Paratethys Sea from the Eocene to 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 earliest known member of the genus was identified from the Early Eocene of Italy in 2025, millions of years earlier and further west than the other species.[5]
The following species are known:[3]
- †E. cozlae Ciobanu, 1977 - Early Oligocene of Romania
- †E. koraensis Daniltshenko, 1947 (type species) - Early Oligocene of the North Caucasus, Russia (including Pshekha Formation), Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine (Menilitic Formation) (=E. menneri Daniltshenko, 1967)[4]
- †E. mainardii Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale, 2025 - Early Eocene of Italy (Chiusole Formation)[5]
- †E. polysarcum (Gorjanovic-Kramberger, 1880) - Early Oligocene of the Czech Republic
The former species E. gracilis and E. limicolus are now placed in the blackchin Beckerophotus and the lanternfish Oligophus respectively.[3]
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ Schwarzhans, Werner W.; Carnevale, Giorgio (2024-10-04). "Fish Otoliths from the Upper Oligocene and Lower Miocene of the Monferrato and Turin Hill, Northern Italy" (in en). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 130 (3). doi:10.54103/2039-4942/23455. ISSN 2039-4942. Bibcode: 2024RIPS..13023455S.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Prokofiev, A. M. (2006-12-01). "Fossil myctophoid fishes (Myctophiformes: Myctophoidei) from Russia and adjacent regions" (in en). Journal of Ichthyology 46 (1): S38–S83. doi:10.1134/S0032945206100043. ISSN 1555-6425. Bibcode: 2006JIch...46S..38P. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0032945206100043.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Danilʹchenko, P. G. (1967) (in en). Bony Fishes of the Maikop Deposits of the Caucasus: Kostistye Ryby Maĭkopskikh Otlozheniĭ Kavkaza. Israel Program for Scientific Translations [available from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.]. https://books.google.com/books?id=_h0LAQAAIAAJ.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Calzoni, Pietro; Giusberti, Luca; Carnevale, Giorgio (2025-07-29). "THE YPRESIAN FISHES OF THE SOLTERI LAGERSTÄTTE (TRENTO, NORTHERN ITALY): A GLIMPSE INTO THE EARLY EOCENE TETHYAN MESOPELAGIC ASSEMBLAGES". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 131 (2). doi:10.54103/2039-4942/28705. ISSN 2039-4942. Bibcode: 2025RIPS..13128705C.
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