Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
Alternative spelling: Watsonichthyes
Parent taxon: Acrolepidae according to A. López-Arbarello et al. 2010
See also Gardiner 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acropholis, Challaia, Challaia cacheutensis, Challaia multidentata, Challaia striata, Gondwanichthys, Kasanilepis, Mesonichthys, Namaichthys, Palaeostrugia, Plegmolepis, Progyrolepis, Reticulolepis, Tholonotus
Subtaxa: Watsonichthys lotzi Watsonichthys pectinatus Watsonichthys sphaerosideritarum
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of Namibia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (2)
• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (21), the United Kingdom (15), United States (1: Scotland)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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