Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Schultze et al., 2021 lists holotype as MCZ 5082
Alternative combination: Palaeoniscus alberti
Synonyms: Canobius modulus Dawson 1877, Palaeoniscus modulus Dawson 1877, Rhadinichthys modulus Dawson 1877
Belongs to Rhadinichthys according to O. P. Hay 1902
See also Gardiner 1966 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Rhadinichthys angustulus, Rhadinichthys argentinicus, Rhadinichthys athertonensis, Rhadinichthys brevis, Rhadinichthys cairnsii, Rhadinichthys canobiensis, Rhadinichthys carinatus, Rhadinichthys ferox, Rhadinichthys flexuosus, Rhadinichthys formosus, Rhadinichthys glabrolepis, Rhadinichthys gracilis, Rhadinichthys grossarti, Rhadinichthys hancocki, Rhadinichthys hibernicus, Rhadinichthys laevis, Rhadinichthys leidyianus, Rhadinichthys lerichei, Rhadinichthys lineatus, Rhadinichthys macconochiei, Rhadinichthys macconochii, Rhadinichthys macrodon, Rhadinichthys monensis, Rhadinichthys ornatissimus, Rhadinichthys ornatocephalum, Rhadinichthys plumosum, Rhadinichthys renieri, Rhadinichthys rioniger, Rhadinichthys tuberculatus, Rhadinichthys vagus, Rhadinichthys wardi
Type specimens:
- Rhadinichthys alberti: BMNH P.1010, a skeleton. Its type locality is Albert Mines fish collection, which is in a Tournaisian terrestrial shale in the Albert Formation of Canada.
- Canobius modulus: Its type locality is Belliveau, which is in a Tournaisian terrestrial shale in the Albert Formation of Canada.
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (4: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador collections)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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