Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Synonyms: Palaeoniscus macropomus Agassiz 1833, Palaeoniscus magnus Agassiz 1833
Belongs to Palaeoniscus according to H. W. Holzapfel and E. Malzahn 1984
See also Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1834, Agassiz 1834, Aldinger 1937 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Palaeoniscum antipodeus, Palaeoniscum antiquum, Palaeoniscum bainii, Palaeoniscum capensis, Palaeoniscum crassus, Palaeoniscum daedalium, Palaeoniscum devonicum, Palaeoniscum elegans, Palaeoniscum freieslebeni, Palaeoniscum kasanense, Palaeoniscum katholitzkianus, Palaeoniscum kurtum, Palaeoniscum macrophthalmus, Palaeoniscum moravicus, Palaeoniscum reticulatum, Palaeoniscum scutigerum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (8 collections), Greenland (2), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 16 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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