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Palaeonisciformes ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	34963	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34963

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Chondrostei	Müller 1844
order	Palaeonisciformes	Hay 1902

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Palaeonisciformes	order	belongs to Chondrostei	stated without evidence	Schaeffer, 1967
Palaeonisciformes	order	belongs to Actinopterygii	stated without evidence	Schaeffer and Dalquest, 1978
Palaeonisciformes	order	belongs to Chondrostei	stated with evidence	Uyeno, 1978
Palaeonisciformes	order	invalid subgroup of Actinopterygii	stated with evidence	Patterson, 1982
Palaeonisciformes	order	belongs to Actinopterygii	stated with evidence	Bürgin and Furrer, 1992
Palaeonisciformes	order	belongs to Actinopterygii	stated with evidence	Lombardo, 2002
Palaeonisciformes	order	belongs to Osteichthyes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Palaeonisciformes	order	belongs to Actinopterygii	stated without evidence	Heckert, 2004
Palaeonisciformes	order	belongs to Chondrostei	stated with evidence	Nelson, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

420

First Recorded Appearance

384 - 382 Ma
Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

122 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Palaeonisciformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Palaeonisciformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dorypteroidei ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)	5	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Palaeoniscoidei ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)	524	384 Ma Middle Devonian	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Platysomoidei ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)	100	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Redfieldioidei ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)	70	290 Ma Permian	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Bobasatraniidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	11	252 Ma Permian	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Boreolepidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	3	265 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Brazilichthyidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Canobiidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	3	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Coccolepidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	9	197 Ma Early Jurassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Eigillidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	4	268 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Gonatodidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	27	268 Ma Permian	259 Ma Permian
Scanilepididae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Varialepididae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	22	273 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Agecephalichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Amblypterina ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	6	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Bendenius ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Borichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Brachypareion ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Browneichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Burbonella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Caelatichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Caruichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Charleuxia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Chichia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Coccocephalichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Cornuboniscus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Cosmolepis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Cosmoptychius ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Daedalichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Daqingshaniscus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Decazella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Dialipina ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Dorsolepis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Drydenius ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Dwykia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Ebenaqua ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Eigilia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Eurynotoides ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	268 Ma Permian	268 Ma Permian
Fukangichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Gardinerichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Gyrolepidoides ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Haywardia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Huanghelepsis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Igornella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Illiniichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Inichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Kentuckia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Korutichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Luederia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Mimia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Neuburgella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Nozamichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Orvikuina ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Osorioichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Palaeothrissum ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Paradrydenius ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Paragonatodus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Paralogoniscus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Paramesolepis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	345 Ma Carboniferous	345 Ma Carboniferous
Plesiococcolepis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Protamblyptera ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Psilichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Rhabdolepis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Sakamenichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Severnichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sinoniscus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Songanella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Strepheoschema ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Styracopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	345 Ma Carboniferous	345 Ma Carboniferous
Sundayichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Tanaocrossus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Tienshaniscus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Urosthenes ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Uydenia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Westollia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Whiteichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Willomorichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Zaxilepis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1902	Palaeonisciformes Hay
1967	Palaeonisciformes Schaeffer
1973	Palaeonisciformes Daly p. 564
1977	Elonichthyiformes Kazantseva-Selezneva
1978	Palaeonisciformes Schaeffer and Dalquest p. 8
1978	Palaeonisciformes Uyeno p. 193
1992	Palaeonisciformes Bürgin and Furrer p. 934

Year	Name and Author
2002	Palaeonisciformes Lombardo p. 401
2002	Palaeonisciformes Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Palaeonisciformes Heckert p. 80
2005	Elonichthyiformes Prokofiev p. 79
2006	Palaeonisciformes Nelson p. 90
2009	Elonichthyiformes Minikh and Minikh p. 144
2011	Palaeonisciformes Long p. 242

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Schaeffer B. (1967) Late Triassic fishes from the western United States, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 6, 285-342

Daly E. (1973) A Lower Permian vertebrate fauna from southern Oklahoma, Journal of Paleontology 47 3, 562-589

Schaeffer B., Dalquest W. W. (1978) A palaeonisciform braincase from the Permian of Texas, with comments on cranial fissures and the posterior myodome, American Museum Novitates 2658, 1-15

Uyeno T. (1978) On Some Lower Triassic fishes from Ankilokaza, Madagascar, Bulletin of the National Science Museum Tokyo Series C 4, 193-198

Bürgin T., Furrer H. (1992) Zähne und Kieferreste der Gattung Birgeria (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) aus der ostalpinen Obertrias der Bergüner Stöcke (Kanton Graubünden, Schweiz), Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 85, 931-946

Lombardo C. (2002) Caelatichthys gen. n.: a new palaeonisciform from the Middle Triassic of Northern Italy and Canton Ticino (Switzerland), Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 108, 399-414

Heckert A. B. (2004) Late Triassic microvertebrates from the lower Chinle Group (Otischalkian-Adamanian: Carnian), southwestern U.S.A., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 27, 1-170

Prokofiev A. M. (2005) A New Genus of the Family Amblypteridae (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii) from the Lower Permian of Eastern Europe, Paleontological Research 9 1, 79-84

Nelson J. S. (2006) , Fishes of the world, 4th edition, 1-601

Minikh A. V., Minikh M. G. (2009) Main events in development of the Middle-Upper Permian ichthyofauna of Eastern Europe, Researches on paleontology and biostratigraphy of ancient continental deposits (Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev), 141-157

Long J. A. (2011) , The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution (Second Edition), 1-287

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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