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Palaeoniscus ✝
| Description | Palaeoniscum is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Permian period of Europe, North America, and South Africa established 1818 by Blainville . From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoniscus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Palaeoniscidae : Palaeoniscus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Palaeoniscidae : Palaeoniscus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Palaeoniscus Blainville, 1818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 307 - 304 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 201 - 199 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Palaeonisciformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Palaeonisciformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoniscus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Palaeoniscum longissimus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Palaeoniscum macropthalmus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Palaeoniscus capensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Palaeoniscus catopterus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Palaeoniscus devonicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Palaeoniscus freieslebeni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Palaeoniscus latus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Palaeoniscus longissimus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Palaeoniscus macropthalmus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Palaeoniscus ovatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1818 | Palaeoniscum Blainville p. 177 |
| 1877 | Eosphaeroma (Palaeoniscus) Woodward p. 348 |
| 1891 | Palaeoniscus Woodward p. 476 |
| 1902 | Palaeoniscum Hay p. 367 |
| 1933 | Palaeoniscus Gunnell p. 296 |
| 1937 | Palaeoniscus Aldinger p. 95 |
| 1962 | Palaeoniscus Gardiner p. 16 |
| 2002 | Palaeoniscum Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2009 | Palaeoniscum Diedrich p. 80 |
| 2014 | Palaeoniscum Hoşgör and Štamberg p. 151 |
References
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!
