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Palaeoniscum
Taxonomy
Palaeoniscum was named by Blainville (1818) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad Sepkoski's reference number: 2,863]. Its type is Palaeoniscum freieslebeni. It is the type genus of Palaeoniscidae.
It was reranked as Eosphaeroma (Palaeoniscus) by Woodward (1877); it was misspelled as Palaeoniscus by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Gunnell (1933), Aldinger (1937), Gardiner (1962), Sepkoski (2002), Diedrich (2009), Hoşgör and Štamberg (2014).
It was assigned to Eosphaeroma by Woodward (1877); to Ganoidei by Gunnell (1933); to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Aldinger (1937), Gardiner (1962), Diedrich (2009), Hoşgör and Štamberg (2014).
It was reranked as Eosphaeroma (Palaeoniscus) by Woodward (1877); it was misspelled as Palaeoniscus by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Gunnell (1933), Aldinger (1937), Gardiner (1962), Sepkoski (2002), Diedrich (2009), Hoşgör and Štamberg (2014).
It was assigned to Eosphaeroma by Woodward (1877); to Ganoidei by Gunnell (1933); to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Aldinger (1937), Gardiner (1962), Diedrich (2009), Hoşgör and Štamberg (2014).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1818 | Palaeoniscum Blainville p. 177 |
| 1877 | Eosphaeroma (Palaeoniscus) Woodward p. 348 |
| 1881 | Palaeoniscum katholitzkianus Rzehak |
| 1881 | Palaeoniscum moravicus Rzehak |
| 1881 | Palaeoniscus promtus Rzehak |
| 1891 | Palaeoniscus Woodward p. 476 |
| 1902 | Palaeoniscum Hay p. 367 |
| 1908 | Palaeoniscum crassus Woodward |
| 1933 | Palaeoniscus Gunnell p. 296 |
| 1937 | Palaeoniscus Aldinger p. 95 |
| 1962 | Palaeoniscus Gardiner p. 16 |
| 2002 | Palaeoniscum Sepkoski |
| 2009 | Palaeoniscum Diedrich p. 80 |
| 2014 | Palaeoniscum Hoşgör and Štamberg p. 151 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Palaeoniscum Blainville 1818
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†Palaeoniscum antipodeus Egerton 1864
†Palaeoniscum antiquum Williams 1886
†Palaeoniscum bainii Egerton 1856
†Palaeoniscum capensis Broom 1913
†Palaeoniscum daedalium Yankevich and Minikh 1998
†Palaeoniscum devonicum Clarke 1885
†Palaeoniscum elegans Sedgwick 1829
†Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Blainville 1818
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Invalid names: Palaeoniscum longissimus Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Palaeoniscus comtus Agassiz 1835 [synonym]
†Palaeoniscum kasanense Geinitz and Vetter 1880
†Palaeoniscum kurtum Krotov 1900
†Palaeoniscum macrophthalmus Agassiz 1835
†Palaeoniscum reticulatum Williams 1886
†Palaeoniscum scutigerum Newberry 1868
Invalid names: Palaeoniscum crassus Woodward 1908 [nomen nudum], Palaeoniscum katholitzkianus Rzehak 1881 [nomen nudum], Palaeoniscum moravicus Rzehak 1881 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 358.86000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (45 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tournaisian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | P. sp. (230129) | |
| Tournaisian | Canada (New Brunswick) | P. sp. (230108 230109) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | P. sp. (230371) | |
| Bashkirian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | P. sp. (230105) | |
| Bashkirian | United Kingdom | P. sp. (230365) | |
| Westphalian C - Westphalian D | Canada (Nova Scotia) | P. sp. (230128) | |
| Stephanian B | Spain (Castilla–La Mancha) | P. freieslebeni (230492) | |
| Asselian | Czechia (South Moravia) | P. katholitzkianus (232999) | |
| Artinskian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | P. capensis (231837) P. sp. (231842) | |
| Kungurian | Russian Federation (Komi Republic) | P. daedalium (232579) P. kazanense (232603) | |
| Ufimian | Russian Federation (Respublika Komi) | P. sp. (79491) | |
| Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian | Russian Federation (Udmurtia) | P. kazanense (187322) | |
| Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian | Russian Federation (Kirov) | P. freiselebeni, P. kasanense (80022) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation (Perm) | P. kazanense (210714) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation | P. freieslebeni, P. kasanense (198777) P. frieselebeni, P. kasanense (197601) | |
| Wordian | Russian Federation | P. freieslebeni, P. kasanense, P. kurtum (197593) P. kasansense (197620) P. sp., P. kasanense (197594) P. sp., P. kazanense (197538) | |
| Urzhumian - Severodvinian | Russian Federation | P. curtum (197595) | |
| Capitanian | Türkiye | P. freieslebeni (161079) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom | Palaeoniscus longissimus (131704 140945) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Germany | P. freieslebeni (130275 130276 130277 130278 130279 130280) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Palaeoniscus bainii (131108) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (Durham) | Palaeoniscus longissimus (140946) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (England) | Palaeoniscus comtus (90271) Palaeoniscus comtus, Palaeoniscus elegans (90266 90268 90269) Palaeoniscus comtus, Palaeoniscus elegans, Palaeoniscus longissimus, Palaeoniscus macropthalmus (90264 90265) Palaeoniscus comtus, Palaeoniscus longissimus (90267 90270) Palaeoniscus comtus, Palaeoniscus longissimus, Palaeoniscus macropthalmus (90263) Palaeoniscus elegans (90272) |