Holurus Traquair 1881 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Full reference: R. Traquair. 1881. Report on Fishes coll by Geol Surv in Eskdale and Liddesdale. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 30

Parent taxon: Palaeoniscidae according to A. S. Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Alvinichthys, Ambodipia, Apateolepis, Canobius, Carboveles, Cryphiolepis, Cycloptychius, Dicellopyge, Ferganiscus, Ganolepis, Gonatodus, Grygorichthys, Guizhouniscus, Gyrolepis, Isodus, Isodus leptognathus, Koinichthys, Myriolepis, Nematoptychius, Oxygnathus, Palaeoniscum, Palaeoniscus, Paraeurynotus, Rhadinoniscus, Semionotus brodei, Sixtelia, Strepheoschema, Suchonichthys, Tegeolepis, Trachelacanthus, Turfania, Turseodus, Wayaobulepis

Subtaxa: Holurus fulcratus Holurus parki

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Belarus (2 collections), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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