Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Blainville 1818 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Synonyms: Palaeoniscum comtus Agassiz 1835, Palaeoniscum longissimus Agassiz 1835, Palaeoniscus comtus Agassiz 1835, Palaeoniscus longissimus Agassiz 1835

Belongs to Palaeoniscum according to I. Hoşgör and S. Štamberg 2014

See also Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1834, Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1836, Aldinger 1937, Diedrich 2009, Hay 1902, Henderson et al. 2023, Holzapfel and Malzahn 1984, Howse 1848, King 1850, M'Coy 1855, Mickle 2017, Schultze et al. 2021 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Palaeoniscum antipodeus, Palaeoniscum antiquum, Palaeoniscum bainii, Palaeoniscum capensis, Palaeoniscum crassus, Palaeoniscum daedalium, Palaeoniscum devonicum, Palaeoniscum elegans, Palaeoniscum kasanense, Palaeoniscum katholitzkianus, Palaeoniscum kurtum, Palaeoniscum macrophthalmus, Palaeoniscum moravicus, Palaeoniscum reticulatum, Palaeoniscum scutigerum

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Germany (6 collections), the Russian Federation (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (12)

• Carboniferous of Spain (1)

Total: 22 collections including 27 occurrences

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