Lampanyctodes hectoris

Hector's lanternfish is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, the only species in the genus Lampanyctodes. It is named after James Hector.

Lampanyctodes hectoris

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LampanyctodesPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Myctophiformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Myctophiformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Myctophiformes

Time the record covers

At least 2.6 million years on record.

The record covers at least 3 Mya to 340 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 5.333 Mya to 0 Mya.

Miocene — about 0 of 7 occurrencesPliocene — about 3 of 7 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 4 of 7 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 0 of 7 occurrences5.4–5.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.3–5.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.1–4.9 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences4.9–4.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences4.7–4.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences4.5–4.3 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences4.3–4.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences4.1–3.9 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.9–3.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.7–3.5 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences3.5–3.3 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences3.3–3.1 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences3.1–2.9 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences2.9–2.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences2.7–2.5 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences2.5–2.3 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences2.3–2.1 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences2.1–1.9 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences1.9–1.8 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences1.8–1.6 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences389 ka–194 ka Mya — about 0.4 occurrences194 ka–0 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences3 Mya340 ka5.8 Mya0 Mya

7 occurrences of Lampanyctodes hectoris on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

7 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

1 formation

Whenuataru Tuff — 44.23°S, 176.23°E

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The named rock units Lampanyctodes hectoris has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lampanyctodes hectoris and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Lampanyctodes hectoris and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

55 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 7 sites for Lampanyctodes hectoris, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

1 reference

Each of the 7 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Lampanyctodes hectoris

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
CC BY-SA 1.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
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Specimen
Lampanyctodes hectoris · MCZ:Ich:91351

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itLampanyctodes through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Günther 1876)