Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Alternative spellings: Eosphaeroma (Palaeoniscus), Palaeoniscus
Parent taxon: Palaeoniscidae according to I. Hoşgör and S. Štamberg 2014
See also Aldinger 1937, Diedrich 2009, Gardiner 1962, Gunnell 1933, Hay 1902, Schultze et al. 2021, Sepkoski 2002, Woodward 1877 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Alvinichthys, Ambodipia, Apateolepis, Canobius, Carboveles, Cryphiolepis, Cycloptychius, Dicellopyge, Ferganiscus, Ganolepis, Gonatodus, Grygorichthys, Guizhouniscus, Gyrolepis, Holurus, Isodus, Isodus leptognathus, Koinichthys, Myriolepis, Nematoptychius, Oxygnathus, Palaeoniscus, Paraeurynotus, Rhadinoniscus, Semionotus brodei, Sixtelia, Strepheoschema, Suchonichthys, Tegeolepis, Trachelacanthus, Turfania, Turseodus, Wayaobulepis
Subtaxa: Palaeoniscum antipodeus Palaeoniscum antiquum Palaeoniscum bainii Palaeoniscum capensis Palaeoniscum crassus Palaeoniscum daedalium Palaeoniscum devonicum Palaeoniscum elegans Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Palaeoniscum kasanense Palaeoniscum katholitzkianus Palaeoniscum kurtum Palaeoniscum macrophthalmus Palaeoniscum moravicus Palaeoniscum reticulatum Palaeoniscum scutigerum
Type: Palaeoniscum freieslebeni
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Germany (6), the Russian Federation (13), South Africa (3), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (13)
• Carboniferous of Canada (5: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 45 collections including 65 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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