Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Full reference: H.-t. Liu and F.-c. Ma. 1973. A new palaeoniscid fish from the Chichitsao Series (Permian) of Sinkiang. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (I): Permo-Triassic Vertebrate Fossils of Turfan Basin. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica 10:6-14
Parent taxon: Palaeoniscidae according to H.-t. Liu and F.-c. Ma 1973
Sister taxa: Alvinichthys, Ambodipia, Apateolepis, Canobius, Carboveles, Cryphiolepis, Cycloptychius, Dicellopyge, Ferganiscus, Ganolepis, Gonatodus, Grygorichthys, Guizhouniscus, Gyrolepis, Holurus, Isodus, Isodus leptognathus, Koinichthys, Myriolepis, Nematoptychius, Oxygnathus, Palaeoniscum, Palaeoniscus, Paraeurynotus, Rhadinoniscus, Semionotus brodei, Sixtelia, Strepheoschema, Suchonichthys, Tegeolepis, Trachelacanthus, Turseodus, Wayaobulepis
Subtaxa: Turfania taoshuyuanensis Turfania vartus
Type: Turfania taoshuyuanensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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