Palaeoniscidae
Palaeoniscidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish in the order Palaeonisciformes. The family includes the genus Palaeoniscum and possibly other early actinopterygian genera from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic.
Taxonomy
- Family †Palaeoniscidae Vogt, 1852
- Genus ?†Agecephalichthys Wade, 1935
- Species †Agecephalichthys granulatus Wade, 1935
- Genus ?†Atherstonia Woodward, 1889 [Broometta Chabakov, 1927]
- Species †Atherstonia scutata Woodward, 1889 [Atherstonia cairncrossi Broom, 1913; Amblypteruscapensis Broom, 1913; Broometta cairncrossi Chabakov, 1927]
- Species †Atherstonia minor Woodward, 1893
- Genus ?†Cryphaeiolepis Traquair, 1881
- Species †Cryphaeiolepis scutata Traquair, 1881
- Genus ?†Cteniolepidotrichia Poplin & Su, 1992
- Species †Cteniolepidotrichia turfanensis Poplin & Su, 1992
- Genus †Dicellopyge Brough, 1931
- Species †Dicellopyge macrodentata Brough, 1931
- Species †Dicellopyge lissocephalus Brough, 1931
- Genus ?†Duwaichthys Liu et al., 1990
- Species †Duwaichthys mirabilis Liu et al., 1990
- Genus ?†Ferganiscus Sytchevskaya & Yakolev, 1999
- Species †Ferganiscus osteolepis Sytchevskaya & Yakolev, 1999
- Genus †Gyrolepis Agassiz, 1833 non Kade, 1858
- Species †G. albertii Agassiz, 1833
- Species †G. gigantea Agassiz, 1833
- Species †G. maxima Agassiz, 1833
- Species †G. quenstedti Dames, 1888
- Species †G. tenuistriata Agassiz, 1833
- Genus †Gyrolepidoides Cabrera, 1944
- Species †G. creyanus Schaeffer, 1955
- Species †G. cuyanus Cabrera, 1944
- Species †G. multistriatus Rusconi, 1948
- Genus ?†Palaeoniscinotus Rohon, 1890
- Species †P. czekanowskii Rohon, 1890
- Genus †Palaeoniscum de Blainville, 1818 [Palaeoniscus Agassiz, 1833 non Von Meyer, 1858]
- Species †P. angustum (Rzehak, 1881)
- Species †P. antipodeum (Egerton, 1864)
- Species †P. antiquum Williams, 1886
- Species †P. arenaceum Berger, 1832
- Species †P. capense (Bloom, 1913)
- Species †P. comtum (Agassiz, 1833)
- Species †P. daedalium Yankevich & Minich, 1998
- Species †P. devonicum Clarke, 1885
- Species †P. elegans (Sedgwick, 1829)
- Species †P. freieslebeni de Blainville, 1818 [Palaeoniscus freieslebeni (de Brainville, 1818)]
- Species †P. hassiae (Jaekel, 1898)
- Species †P. kasanense Geinitz & Vetter, 1880
- Species †P. katholitzkianum (Rzehak, 1881)
- Species †P. landrioti (le Sauvage, 1890)
- Species †P. longissimum (Agassiz, 1833)
- Species †P. macrophthalmum (McCoy, 1855)
- Species †P. magnum (Woodward, 1937)
- Species †P. moravicum (Rzehak, 1881)
- Species †P. promtu (Rzehak, 1881)
- Species †P. reticulatum Williams, 1886
- Species †P. scutigerum Newberry, 1868
- Species †P. vratislavensis (Agassiz, 1833)
- Genus †Palaeothrissum de Blainville, 1818
- Species †P. elegans Sedgwick, 1829
- Species †P. macrocephalum de Blainville, 1818
- Species †P. magnum de Blainville, 1818
- Genus †Shuniscus Su, 1983
- Species †Shuniscus longianalis Su, 1983
- Genus †Suchonichthys Minich, 2001
- Species †Suchonichthys molini Minich, 2001
- Genus †Trachelacanthus Fischer De Waldheim, 1850
- Species †Trachelacanthus stschurovskii Fischer De Waldheim, 1850
- Genus ?†Triassodus Su, 1984
- Species †Triassodus yanchangensis Su, 1984
- Genus ?†Turfania Liu & Martínez, 1973
- Species †T. taoshuyuanensis Liu & Martínez, 1973
- Species †T. varta Wang, 1979
- Genus ?†Turgoniscus Jakovlev, 1968
- Species †Turgoniscus reissi Jakovlev, 1968
- Genus ?†Weixiniscus Su & Dezao, 1994
- Species †Weixiniscus microlepis Su & Dezao, 1994
- Genus ?†Xingshikous Liu, 1988
- Species †Xingshikous xishanensis Liu, 1988
- Genus ?†Yaomoshania Poplin et al., 1991
- Species †Yaomoshania minutosquama Poplin et al., 1991
- Genus ?†Agecephalichthys Wade, 1935
Fossil of Gyrolepis quenstedti
Palaeoniscidae Media
Restoration of Palaeoniscum freieslebeni showing the typical morphology of most taxa that have been referred to Palaeoniscidae
Related pages
References
- Hoşgör, Izzet; Štamberg, Stanislav (2014). "A first record of late Middle Permian actinopterygian fish from Anatolia, Turkey". Acta Geologica Polonica.