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

Fossil of Gyrolepis quenstedti

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References

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