Eomyctophum
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| Fossil specimen of E. cozlae (bottom) with Sarmatella (top) from Romania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Subfamily: | †Eomyctophinae |
| Genus: | †Eomyctophum Daniltshenko, 1947 |
| Type species | |
| †Eomyctophum koraensis Daniltshenko, 1947 | |
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Eomyctophum ("dawn Myctophum") is an extinct genus of lanternfish that inhabited the Paratethys Sea during 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 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. 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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. 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". RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA. 130 (3). doi:10.54103/2039-4942/23455. ISSN 2039-4942.
- ^ a b c Prokofiev, A. M. (2006-12-01). "Fossil myctophoid fishes (Myctophiformes: Myctophoidei) from Russia and adjacent regions". Journal of Ichthyology. 46 (1): S38 – S83. doi:10.1134/S0032945206100043. ISSN 1555-6425.
- ^ a b Danilʹchenko, P. G. (1967). 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.]