Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes

Full reference: G. Schaumberg. 1989. Muensterichthys buergeri n. g. n. sp., ein neuer Palaeoniscoide (Actinopterygii, Pisces) aus dem permischen Kupferschiefer von Richelsdorf (Hessen, West-Deutschland). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 63:119-131

Parent taxon: Palaeoniscoidei according to G. Schaumberg 1989

Sister taxa: Amblypteridae, Birgeriidae, Dicellopygidae, Lawrenciella, Palaeoniscidae, Pygopteridae, Rhabdolepidae, Rhadinichthyidae, Zhejiangichthys

Subtaxa: Muensterichthys buergeri

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Type: Muensterichthys buergeri

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bodental near Iba (Permian of Germany)

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