Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Full reference: J. Brough. 1931. On Fossil Fishes from the Karroo System and some General Considerations on the Bony Fishes of the Triassic Period. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 101:235-296
Parent taxon: Palaeoniscidae according to J. Brough 1931
Sister taxa: Alvinichthys, Ambodipia, Apateolepis, Canobius, Carboveles, Cryphiolepis, Cycloptychius, Ferganiscus, Ganolepis, Gonatodus, Grygorichthys, Guizhouniscus, Gyrolepis, Holurus, Isodus, Isodus leptognathus, Koinichthys, Myriolepis, Nematoptychius, Oxygnathus, Palaeoniscum, Palaeoniscus, Paraeurynotus, Rhadinoniscus, Semionotus brodei, Sixtelia, Strepheoschema, Suchonichthys, Tegeolepis, Trachelacanthus, Turfania, Turseodus, Wayaobulepis
Subtaxa: Dicellopyge lissocephalus Dicellopyge macrodentata
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of South Africa (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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