Taxon calibrated
Total group Argyropelecus
Minimum age
32.02 Ma
Maximum 95% CI age
91.37 Ma
Authority
Carnveale (2003)
Locality
Lower Khadum Horizon, Caucasus
Age Authority
See argumentation in Benton et al. (2015), calibration 40; specimen derives from same geological unit
Outgroup sequence
Argyropelecus sp. (Total group Argyropelecus, 32.02 Ma)
Polypnoides laevis (Total group Sternoptychidae, 41.3 Ma)
Paravinciguerria praecursor (Total group Stomiiformes, 93.9 Ma)
Apateodus glyphodus (Total group Aulopiformes, 103.13 Ma)
Leptolepides haerteisi (Total group Euteleostei, 150.94 Ma)
Anaethalion zapporum (Crown Teleostei, 151.2 Ma)
Occithrissops willsoni (stem Teleostei 5, 166.1 Ma)
Leptolepis coryphaenoides (stem Teleostei 4, 181.7 Ma)
Dorsetichthys bechei (stem Teleostei 3, 193.81 Ma)
Knerichthys bronni (stem Teleostei 2, 221 Ma)
Prohalecites porroi (stem Teleostei 1, 236 Ma)
Watsonulus (stem Halecomorphi 1, 251.2 Ma)
Taxa this fossil might apply to:
Class: Actinopteri
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Megacohort: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohort: Clupeocephala
Cohort: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohort: Stomiatii
Order: Stomiatiformes
Family: Sternoptychidae