Fossil Fish Specimens (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Late Pennsylvanian Fish specimens

Where: Texas (33.2° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.1° S, 32.8° W)

When: Late/Upper Pennsylvanian (307.0 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: A. O. Ivanov and B. Seuss. 2024. Late Pennsylvanian fishes from the Finis Shales of North-Central Texas (USA). PalZ 98(2):263-274more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236693: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Patricio Alarcon on 21.10.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
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Physonemus mirabilis
Physonemus mirabilis St John and Worthen 1875 elasmobranch
 Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Ctenacanthus sp., Glikmanius occidentalis
Ctenacanthus sp. Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch
Glikmanius occidentalis Leidy 1859 elasmobranch
 Ctenacanthiformes - Heslerodidae
Heslerodus divergens
Heslerodus divergens Trautschold 1879 elasmobranch
 Euselachii - Sphenacanthidae
Sphenacanthus sp.
Sphenacanthus sp. Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
 Bransonelliformes -
Bransonella lingulata
Bransonella lingulata Ivanov and Ginter 1996 elasmobranch
 Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae
Stethacanthus sp.
Stethacanthus sp. Newberry 1889 elasmobranch
 Symmoriiformes - Falcatidae
Denaea sp.
Denaea sp. Pruvost 1922 elasmobranch
 Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Deltodus sp.
Deltodus sp. Morris and Roberts 1862 chimaera
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus ohioensis, Antliodus sp.
Petalodus ohioensis Safford 1853 chimaera
Antliodus sp. Newberry and Worthen 1866 chimaera
 Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae
Peripristis semicircularis
Peripristis semicircularis Newberry and Worthen 1866 chimaera
 Acanthodiformes -
Acanthodiformes indet.
Acanthodiformes indet. Berg 1940 spiny fish
Gnathostomata
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Actinopterygii indet.
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish