Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes
Full reference: K. Tan. 2017. A new genus of Palaeonisciformes from Carboniferous strata in Ningxia. Acta Geoscientifica Sinica 38:149-153
Parent taxon: Palaeonisciformes according to K. Tan 2017
Sister taxa: Agecephalichthys, Amblypterina, Arratiaichthys, Atherstoniidae, Blanzychthys, Boreolepidae, Borichthys, Brachypareion, Brazilichthyidae, Browneichthys, Burbonella, Caelatichthys, Canobiidae, Cosmolepis, Cosmoptychiidae, Daedalichthys, Daqingshaniscus, Decazella, Dorsolepis, Dorypteroidei, Drydenius, Fukangichthys, Gardinerichthys, Holuridae, Huanghelepis, Igornella, Igornichthyidae, Illiniichthys, Kentuckia, Korutichthys, Letovichthys, Luederia, Mansfieldiscus, Neuburgella, Orvikuina, Osorioichthys, Palaeoniscoidei, Palaeothrissum, Paradrydenius, Paragonatodus, Phanerorhynchidae, Plesiococcolepis, Protamblyptera, Psilichthys, Redfieldioidei, Rhabdolepis, Sakamenichthys, Scanilepididae, Sceletophoridae, Songanella, Tanaocrossus, Trissolepididae, Urosthenes, Westollia, Zaxilepis
Subtaxa: Zhongweilepis macilentus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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