Scopelus splendidus

No picture of Scopelus splendidus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Scopelus splendidus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
horned lanternfishPBDB
Sits inside
Myctophum (Scopelus)PBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Myctophiformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Myctophiformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Myctophiformes

Time the record covers

At least 6.2 million years on record.

The record covers at least 11.63 Mya to 5.333 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 3 occurrencesPaleocene — about 0 of 3 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 0 of 3 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 3 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 1 of 3 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 3 occurrencesPleistocene — about 0 of 3 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences61–58 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences58–56 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences52–50 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences50–47 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences47–45 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences43–41 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences41–39 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences39–36 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences30–28 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences28–25 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences15–12 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences10–7.9 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.9–5.7 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.7–3.5 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences3.5–1.3 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences11.63 Mya – 5.333 Mya67 Mya1 Mya

3 occurrences of Scopelus splendidus on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

3 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.

Scopelus splendidus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Scopelus splendidus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

58 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 3 sites for Scopelus splendidus, 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

2 references

Each of the 3 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 content0

No picture of Scopelus splendidus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Scopelus splendidus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Scopelus splendidus was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

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

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

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What may have been alongside itMyctophum (Scopelus) through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Prochazka 1893)