Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Alternative combination: Palaeoniscus capensis
Belongs to Palaeoniscum according to Broom 1913
See also Gardiner 1962
Sister taxa: Palaeoniscum antipodeus, Palaeoniscum antiquum, Palaeoniscum bainii, Palaeoniscum crassus, Palaeoniscum daedalium, Palaeoniscum devonicum, Palaeoniscum elegans, Palaeoniscum freieslebeni, Palaeoniscum kasanense, Palaeoniscum katholitzkianus, Palaeoniscum kurtum, Palaeoniscum macrophthalmus, Palaeoniscum moravicus, Palaeoniscum reticulatum, Palaeoniscum scutigerum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hantam Mountains, Upper Dwyka, which is in an Artinskian lacustrine - large shale in the Ecca Formation of South Africa
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Calvinia
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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