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


 Related pages 

 Palaeoniscum
 Dicellopyge

 References 

 Hoşgör, Izzet; Štamberg, Stanislav (2014). "A first record of late Middle Permian actinopterygian fish from Anatolia, Turkey" . Acta Geologica Polonica.

Category:Extinct fish
Category:Ray-finned fish