Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Synonym: Schaefferichthys Dalquest 1966
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48
Parent taxon: Platysomidae according to B. G. Gardiner 1969
See also Aldinger 1937, Cope 1878, Dalquest 1966, Diedrich 2009, Eastman 1903, Gardiner 1960, Hay 1902, M'Coy 1855, Sepkoski 2002, Woodward 1891 and Zidek 1992
Sister taxa: Aestuarichthys, Caruichthys, Ecrinesomus, Enzichthys, Eurynotus, Eurysomus, Kargalichthys, Mesolepis, Ningxiaplatysomus, Paramesolepis, Paranaichthys, Sinoplatysomus, Soetendalichthys, Ufalepis, Wardichthys
Subtaxa: Platysomus bashkirus Platysomus biarmicus Platysomus brewsteri Platysomus circularis Platysomus forsteri Platysomus gibbosus Platysomus intermedius Platysomus macrurus Platysomus nathorsti Platysomus palaeoniscus Platysomus palmaris Platysomus parvulus Platysomus rotundus Platysomus schultzei Platysomus solikamskensis Platysomus soloduchi Platysomus striatus Platysomus superbus Platysomus swaffordae Platysomus tenuistriatus Schaefferichthys leudersensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Canada (1: British Columbia), Greenland (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3)
• Tatarian of the Russian Federation (5)
• Permian of Australia (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (9), Greenland (1), the Russian Federation (38), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (11: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), the United Kingdom (25), United States (11: Illinois, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico)
Total: 116 collections including 140 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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