Benthalbella

Benthalbella
Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present
Benthalbella infans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Scopelarchidae
Genus: Benthalbella
Zugmayer, 1911
Species

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Benthalbella is a genus of pearleyes.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

The only known fossil species is †Benthalbella praecessor Nazarkin & Carnevale, 2018 from the Middle Miocene of Sakhalin Island, Russia.

References

  1. ↑ Davis, Matthew P. (2015). "Evolutionary Relationships of the Deep-Sea Pearleyes (Aulopiformes: Scopelarchidae) and a New Genus of Pearleye from Antarctic Waters". Copeia. 103 (1): 64–71. doi:10.1643/CI-14-139. S2CID 86731010.
  2. ↑ Nazarkin, Mikhail V.; Carnevale, Giorgio (2018-09-03). "A Miocene pearleye, Benthalbella praecessor, sp. nov. (Teleostei, Aulopiformes), from Sakhalin Island, Russia: the first known skeletal record for the family Scopelarchidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (5) e1511992. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1511992. ISSN 0272-4634.