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Palaeoniscum freieslebeni

Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoniscum freieslebeni was named by Blainville (1818). It is the type species of Palaeoniscum.

It was recombined as Palaeoniscus freieslebeni by Agassiz (1833), Agassiz (1834), M'Coy (1855), Woodward (1891), Aldinger (1937) and Holzapfel and Malzahn (1984).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Blainville
1818Palaeoniscum freieslebeni de Blainville
1833Palaeoniscus freieslebeni Agassiz p. 5
1833Palaeoniscus macropomus Agassiz p. 5
1833Palaeoniscus magnus Agassiz p. 5
1834Palaeoniscus macropomus Agassiz figs. Pl 9, figs 6,7
1834Palaeoniscus magnus Agassiz figs. Pl 13, figs 1-5; pl 14, fig 1
1834Palaeoniscus freieslebeni Agassiz p. 66 figs. Pls 11, 12
1834Palaeoniscus magnus Agassiz p. 78
1834Palaeoniscus macropomus Agassiz p. 81
1835Palaeoniscus comtus Agassiz p. 97
1835Palaeoniscum longissimus Agassiz p. 100
1836Palaeoniscus comtus Agassiz figs. Pl 10b, figs 1-3
1848Palaeoniscus comtus Howse p. 231
1850Palaeoniscus comtus King p. 223 figs. Pl 21, figs 1a,b
1855Palaeoniscus freieslebeni M'Coy p. 606
1891Palaeoniscus freieslebeni Woodward p. 477
1891Palaeoniscus magnus Woodward p. 481
1891Palaeoniscus macropomus Woodward p. 482 fig. 55
1902Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Hay
1937Palaeoniscus freieslebeni Aldinger p. 102 figs. 24-27,29,30,63; pl 11, fig 4; pl 23, fig 2; pl 24, figs 2-4; pl 25, figs 1,3,4; pl 26, figs 2,3; pl
1984Palaeoniscus freieslebeni Holzapfel and Malzahn p. 84 figs. Pl 3, fig 31; Pl 4, figs 1-2, 4-10; text-fig 4
2009Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Diedrich p. 80 figs. 9d, 13-18
2014Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Hoşgör and Štamberg p. 151 figs. 3-5
2023Palaeoniscus comtus Henderson et al. pp. Supplementary Material

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusPalaeoniscumBlainville 1818
speciesfreieslebeniBlainville 1818

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.

Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Blainville 1818
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Invalid names: Palaeoniscum longissimus Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Palaeoniscus comtus Agassiz 1835 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available