Knowledge base of early to middle Miocene myctophid otoliths based on this work for Japan, Brzobohatý and Nolf (2000, modified) for the Mediterranean, Brzobohatý and Nolf (2000, modified) and ongoing research for Paratethys, Steurbaut (1984, modified) for the northeast Atlantic, Schwarzhans (2010) for the North Sea Basin, Schwarzhans (2013b) for West Africa, Schwarzhans and Aguilera (2013) for the Caribbean, Schwarzhans (2019) for New Zealand, and Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021) for Chile. Paleogeographic reconstruction based on Blakey (2021).

 
 
  Part of: Schwarzhans W, Ohe F, Tsuchiya Y, Ujihara A (2022) Lanternfish otoliths (Myctophidae, Teleostei) from the Miocene of Japan. Zitteliana 96: 103-134. https://doi.org/10.3897/zitteliana.96.83571