Taxon calibrated
Total group Sternoptychidae
Minimum age
41.3 Ma
Maximum 95% CI age
116.3 Ma
Authority
Afsari et al. (2014)
Locality
Dabakhanian Formation, Georgia
Age Authority
Lutetian (Bannikov and Parin 1997), age estimate derived from Gradstein et al. (2012)
Outgroup sequence
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