Taxon calibrated
MRCA Lophioides plus Lophius
Minimum age
38 Ma
Maximum 95% CI age
66.25 Ma
Authority
Bannikov (2004), Carnevale & Pietsch (2012)
Locality
Gomyi Luch, Russia
Age Authority
Bartonian (Bannikov and Parin 1997), age estimate derived from Gradstein et al. (2012)
Outgroup sequence
Eosladenia caucasica (MRCA Lophioides plus Lophius, 38 Ma)
Caruso brachysomus (Crown Lophiiformes, 49 Ma)
Balkaria histiopterygia (Total group Tetraodontoidei, 55.8 Ma)
Gasterorhamphosus zuppichinii (Total group Macrorhamphosa, 69.71 Ma)
Aipichthys velifer (Total group Lampridformes, 98 Ma)
Stichocentrus liratus (Total group Holocentroidei, 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: Acanthomorphata
Division: Euacanthomorphacea
Subdivision: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Order: Lophiiformes
Suborder: Lophioidei
Family: Lophiidae