Diaphus prokofievi

Taxonavigation: Myctophiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Scopelomorpha Ordo: Myctophiformes

Familia: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species: †Diaphus prokofievi

Name

†Diaphus prokofievi Taverne, 2015

• Holotype: Ap 12a, b, both sides of a specimen of about 10 centimeters, comprising twenty vertebrae of the posterior portion of the body, with the caudal skeleton and parts of the caudal fin.
• Paratypes: Ap 11, reduced cleithrum of a very small specimen, caudal skeleton and caudal fin.

Type locality: Santonian above marina Apricena, province Foggia, Gargano Promontory, Puglia, South Italy. The Santonian is dated 83-86.6 million years.

Etymology: The species name is dedicated to the Russian ichthyologist Artem M. Prokofiev, in tribute to his many papers treating fossil Myctophiformes from Russia and neighboring countries.

References

• Taverne, L. 2015. Les poissons du Santonien (Crétacé supérieur) d’Apricena (Italie du Sud). 8°. Diaphus prokofievi sp. nov. (Teleostei, Myctophiformes, Myctophidae). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 39: 27–34.PDFReference page.