Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes

Full reference: P. M. G. Egerton. 1858. Figures and descriptions illustrative of British organic remains. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, Decade IX, Supplement 2 Pl 1-Pl 10

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, 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, Tienshaniscus, Trissolepididae, Urosthenes, Westollia, Zaxilepis, Zhongweilepis

Subtaxa: none

Type: Cosmolepis egertoni

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Osteno (Jurassic of Italy)

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