Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes

Full reference: H.T. Liu and N.Z. Wang. 1978. A fish fauna from the Late Permian of the Dzungaria Basin. Memoirs of Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Paleoanthropology 13:1-18

Parent taxon: Palaeonisciformes according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agecephalichthys, Amblypterina, Arratiaichthys, Atherstoniidae, Blanzychthys, Boreolepidae, Borichthys, Brachypareion, Brazilichthyidae, Browneichthys, Burbonella, Caelatichthys, Canobiidae, Coccolepidae, Cornuboniscus, Cosmolepis, Cosmoptychiidae, Daedalichthys, Daqingshaniscus, Decazella, Dialipina, Dorsolepis, Dorypteroidei, Drydenius, Dwykiidae, Fukangichthys, Gardinerichthys, Gyrolepidoides, Holuridae, Huanghelepis, Igornella, Igornichthyidae, Illiniichthys, Kentuckia, Korutichthys, Letovichthys, Luederia, Mansfieldiscus, Neuburgella, Orvikuina, Osorioichthys, Palaeoniscoidei, Palaeothrissum, Paradrydenius, Paragonatodus, Phanerorhynchidae, Platysomoidei, Plesiococcolepis, Protamblyptera, Psilichthys, Redfieldioidei, Rhabdolepis, Sakamenichthys, Scanilepididae, Sceletophoridae, Songanella, Tanaocrossus, Trissolepididae, Urosthenes, Westollia, Zaxilepis, Zhongweilepis

Subtaxa: Tienshaniscus longipterus

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Type: Tienshaniscus longipterus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Liudaowan, Urumqi (Permian of China)

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