Taxon calibrated
Crown Myctophiformes
Minimum age
32.02 Ma
Maximum 95% CI age
116.4 Ma
Authority
Prokofiev (2006)
Locality
Kora, North Osetia
Age Authority
See argumentation in Benton et al. (2015), calibration 40; specimen derives from lateral equivalent
Outgroup sequence
Eomyctophum koraense (Crown Myctophiformes, 32.02 Ma)
Aipichthys velifer (Total group Lampridformes, 98 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: Neoteleostei
Infracohort: Eurypterygia
Section: Ctenosquamata
Subsection: Myctophata
Order: Myctophiformes