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Palaeoniscum ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35032https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35032
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Palaeoniscidae : Palaeoniscum
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusPalaeoniscumBlainville 1818
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Palaeoniscumsubgenusbelongs to Eosphaeromastated without evidenceWoodward, 1877
Palaeoniscumgenusbelongs to Palaeoniscidaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Palaeoniscumgenusbelongs to Palaeonisciformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Palaeoniscumgenusbelongs to Palaeoniscidaestated with evidenceDiedrich, 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
First Recorded Appearance272 - 269 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Palaeonisciformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Palaeonisciformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Palaeoniscum antiquum ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Palaeoniscum comtus ✝
species		listed (PBDB)9260 Ma
Permian		260 Ma
Permian
Palaeoniscum devonicum ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Palaeoniscum freieslebeni ✝
species		listed (PBDB)8269 Ma
Permian		260 Ma
Permian
Palaeoniscum reticulatum ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Palaeoniscum scutigerum ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Palaeoniscus elegans ✝
species		listed (PBDB)6260 Ma
Permian		260 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1818Palaeoniscum Blainville p. 177
1877Eosphaeroma (Palaeoniscus) Woodward p. 348
1891Palaeoniscus Woodward p. 476
1902Palaeoniscum Hay p. 367
1933Palaeoniscus Gunnell p. 296
1937Palaeoniscus Aldinger p. 95
1962Palaeoniscus Gardiner p. 16
2002Palaeoniscum Sepkoski, Jr.
2009Palaeoniscum Diedrich p. 80
2014Palaeoniscum Hoşgör and Štamberg p. 151

References

Agassiz L. , Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, xxxii-188
Woodward A. S. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II, Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Gunnell F. H. (1933) Conodonts and fish remains from the Cherokee, Kansas City, and Wabaunsee Groups of Missouri and Kansas, Journal of Paleontology 7 3, 261-297
Aldinger H. (1937) Permische ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland, Meddelelser om Grønland 102 3, 1-392
Gardiner B. G. (1962) Namaichthys Schroederi Gürich and other Palaeozoic Fishes from South Africa, Palaeontology 5 1, 9-21
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Diedrich C. G. (2009) A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian), Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 89, 67-94
Hogör I., Štamberg S. (2014) A first record of late Middle Permian actinopterygian fish from Anatolia, Turkey, Acta Geologica Polonica 64, 147-159
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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