Diaphus

Diaphus is a genus of lanternfishes. It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus.

Diaphus

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 48 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 732 occurrencesPaleocene — about 1 of 732 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 28 of 732 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 49 of 732 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 434 of 732 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 147 of 732 occurrencesPleistocene — about 72 of 732 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences61–58 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences58–56 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences52–49 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 3 occurrences47–45 Mya — about 7 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 7 occurrences43–40 Mya — about 5 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 1 occurrence36–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 8 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 8 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 9 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 13 occurrences25–22 Mya — about 13 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 21 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 36 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 45 occurrences16–13 Mya — about 28 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 31 occurrences11–9.0 Mya — about 72 occurrences9.0–6.7 Mya — about 94 occurrences6.7–4.5 Mya — about 137 occurrences4.5–2.2 Mya — about 125 occurrences2.2–0 Mya — about 61 occurrences48.07 Mya11.7 ka67 Mya0 Mya

732 occurrences of Diaphus on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

732 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

73 formations

Cubagua — 11.89°N, 70.04°WCubagua — 10.83°N, 64.20°WCubagua — 10.59°N, 64.24°WEscudo de Veraguas — 9.09°N, 81.55°WEscudo de Veraguas — 9.10°N, 81.57°WShinzato — 26.14°N, 127.74°EShinzato — 26.36°N, 127.98°EShinzato — 26.32°N, 127.96°EChagres Sandstone — 9.28°N, 80.04°WChagres Sandstone — 9.18°N, 80.24°WChagres Sandstone — 9.16°N, 80.33°WMiretrain Marl — 43.56°N, 1.11°WCayo Agua — 9.18°N, 82.04°WCayo Agua — 9.15°N, 82.02°WMount Harris — 44.48°S, 170.90°EMount Harris — 45.21°S, 170.88°EMount Harris — 45.15°S, 170.93°EMount Harris — 45.13°S, 170.96°EMount Harris — 44.49°S, 171.01°EMount Harris — 44.82°S, 170.88°EMount Harris — 45.03°S, 171.02°EMount Harris — 44.79°S, 171.03°ENavidad — 33.90°S, 71.84°WNavidad — 33.94°S, 71.85°Wfacies à Congeria — 45.05°N, 7.93°EBells Creek Mudstone — 41.34°S, 175.46°ENobori — 33.37°N, 134.06°ELindos Bay — 36.09°N, 28.01°ELindos Bay — 36.26°N, 28.17°ELindos Bay — 36.36°N, 28.21°ENancy Point — 9.14°N, 81.95°WNancy Point — 9.09°N, 81.83°WGutingkeng — 23.04°N, 120.43°EGutingkeng — 22.84°N, 120.41°EGutingkeng — 22.85°N, 120.43°ESant’Agata Fossili — 45.07°N, 7.94°ESant’Agata Fossili — 45.07°N, 7.97°EGatun — 9.36°N, 79.84°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WBrasso — 10.35°N, 61.38°WBrasso — 10.37°N, 61.33°WBrasso — 10.45°N, 61.35°WCercado — 19.52°N, 71.28°WCercado — 19.30°N, 71.67°WCercado — 19.58°N, 71.04°WCercado — 19.45°N, 71.08°WHijikata — 34.65°N, 138.04°EHijikata — 34.79°N, 137.97°EOnzole — 0.87°N, 79.89°WOnzole — 0.89°N, 79.65°WAntognola — 44.85°N, 9.12°EGurabo — 19.30°N, 71.67°WGurabo — 19.37°N, 70.76°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 70.50°WWaioha Shellbeds — 34.50°S, 172.96°E

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The named rock units Diaphus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 49 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 376 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Diaphus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Diaphus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,869 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 280 sites for Diaphus, and this reads 240 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

87 references

Each of the 732 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. 75 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Diaphus

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Diaphus impostor · LACM:Fish:44251.001

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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890)