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Palaeoniscidae
Palaeoniscidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) ascribed to the order Palaeonisciformes. The family includes the genus '' Palaeoniscum'' and potentially other Palaeozoic and Mesozoic early actinopterygian genera. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words παλαιός (''palaiós'', ancient) and ὀνίσκος (''oniskos'', 'cod-fish' or woodlouse). Historic background The family was first named "Palaeoniscini" by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1846, and "Palaeonisciden" by Carl Vogt in 1851. Later, the family name was standardized to Palaeoniscidae. The authorship of the family Palaeoniscidae is variably attributed to either Bonaparte or Vogt in the literature. Vogt ascribed the following genera to Palaeoniscidae: ''Palaeoniscum'', '' Platysomus'' (misspelled as ''Platysemius''), '' Amblypterus'', '' Eurynotus'', '' Pygopterus'', and '' Acrolepis''. With the exception of ''Palaeoniscum'', these genera were later placed in separate families ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaeonisciformes
The Palaeonisciformes (Palaeoniscida) are an extinct order of early ray-finned fishes ( Actinopterygii). Palaeonisciformes ''sensu lato'' first appeared in the fossil record in the Late Silurian and last appeared in the Late Cretaceous. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words παλαιός (''palaiós'', ancient) and ὀνίσκος (''oniskos'', 'cod-fish' or woodlouse), probably pertaining to the organization of the fishes' scales, similar to the exoskeletal plating of woodlice. In an early interpretation of the group, the Palaeonisciformes are divided in two suborders: Palaeoniscoidei (includes '' Palaeoniscum'' and fossil taxa with a broadly similar appearance) and Platysomoidei (includes '' Platysomus'' and other deep-bodied early actinopterygians). These groupings are considered paraphyletic today. In the cladistic sense, Palaeonisciformes '' sensu stricto'' should only refer to the Permian ''Palaeoniscum'', the name giving taxon, and all other taxa that fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaeoniscum
''Palaeoniscum'' (from el, παλαιός , 'ancient' and el, ὀνίσκος 'cod-fish' or 'woodlouse') is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Permian period (Guadalupian-Lopingian) of Europe (England, Germany, Czech Republic?, Turkey), North America (Greenland), and possibly other regions. The genus was named ''Palaeoniscum'' in 1818 by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, but was later misspelled as ''Palaeoniscus'' by Blainville and other authors (notably Louis Agassiz). ''Palaeoniscum'' belongs to the family Palaeoniscidae. The type species ''Palaeoniscum freieslebeni'' was named after Johann Carl Freiesleben (1774–1846), mining commissioner of Saxony. ''P. freieslebeni'' is the most common taxon in the Wuchiapingian aged Kupferschiefer and Marl Slate, where it constitutes 80% of all fish fossils. ''Palaeoniscum'' had a torpedo-shaped body in length, with a deeply forked caudal fin and tall dorsal fin, indicating that it was a fast swimmer. It was probably an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaeoniscus Macropomus
''Palaeoniscum'' (from el, παλαιός , 'ancient' and el, ὀνίσκος 'cod-fish' or 'woodlouse') is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Permian period (Guadalupian-Lopingian) of Europe (England, Germany, Czech Republic?, Turkey), North America (Greenland), and possibly other regions. The genus was named ''Palaeoniscum'' in 1818 by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, but was later misspelled as ''Palaeoniscus'' by Blainville and other authors (notably Louis Agassiz). ''Palaeoniscum'' belongs to the family Palaeoniscidae. The type species ''Palaeoniscum freieslebeni'' was named after Johann Carl Freiesleben (1774–1846), mining commissioner of Saxony. ''P. freieslebeni'' is the most common taxon in the Wuchiapingian aged Kupferschiefer and Marl Slate, where it constitutes 80% of all fish fossils. ''Palaeoniscum'' had a torpedo-shaped body in length, with a deeply forked caudal fin and tall dorsal fin, indicating that it was a fast swimmer. It was probably an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadalupian
The Guadalupian is the second and middle series/epoch of the Permian. The Guadalupian was preceded by the Cisuralian and followed by the Lopingian. It is named after the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico and Texas, and dates between 272.95 ± 0.5 – 259.1 ± 0.4 Mya. The series saw the rise of the therapsids, a minor extinction event called Olson's Extinction and a significant mass extinction called the end-Capitanian extinction event. The Guadalupian was previously known as the Middle Permian. Name and background The Guadalupian is the second and middle series or epoch of the Permian. Previously called Middle Permian, the name of this epoch is part of a revision of Permian stratigraphy for standard global correlation. The name "Guadalupian" was first proposed in the early 1900s, and approved by the International Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy in 1996. References to the Middle Permian still exist. The Guadalupian was preceded by the Cisuralian and followed by the Lop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acrolepis
''Acrolepis'' (Ancient Greek for "tip scale") is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian (early Carboniferous) to the late Permian epoch. Some species from the Early Triassic of Tasmania are also ascribed to ''Acrolepis''. It is a large piscivorous predatory fish in the acrolepid family, which occupy an apex predator niche in its locale. ''A. gigas'' was estimated to have grown up to in length. A close relationship between the mostly Palaeozoic Acrolepidae and the Mesozoic Ptycholepiformes was proposed, but support from phylogenetic analyses is scarce. Diet ''Acrolepis'' possibly used its sharp, pointed teeth to catch small fish (most primarily Palaeonisciformes). Fossil record The type species is ''Acrolepis sedgwicki'' from the late Permian Marl Slate of England and the coeval Kupferschiefer of Germany. Other species are known from Carboniferous and Permian rocks in the Czech Republic and Triassic layer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incertae Sedis
' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is indicated by ' (of uncertain family), ' (of uncertain suborder), ' (of uncertain order) and similar terms. Examples *The fossil plant '' Paradinandra suecica'' could not be assigned to any family, but was placed ''incertae sedis'' within the order Ericales when described in 2001. * The fossil ''Gluteus minimus'', described in 1975, could not be assigned to any known animal phylum. The genus is therefore ''incertae sedis'' within the kingdom Animalia. * While it was unclear to which order the New World vultures (family Cathartidae) should be assigned, they were placed in Aves ''incertae sedis''. It was later agreed to place them in a separate order, Cathartiformes. * Bocage's longbill, ''Motacilla bocagii' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last period of the Paleozoic Era; the following Triassic Period belongs to the Mesozoic Era. The concept of the Permian was introduced in 1841 by geologist Sir Roderick Murchison, who named it after the region of Perm in Russia. The Permian witnessed the diversification of the two groups of amniotes, the synapsids and the sauropsids ( reptiles). The world at the time was dominated by the supercontinent Pangaea, which had formed due to the collision of Euramerica and Gondwana during the Carboniferous. Pangaea was surrounded by the superocean Panthalassa. The Carboniferous rainforest collapse left behind vast regions of desert within the continental interior. Amniotes, which could better cope with these drier conditions, rose to dominance in place of their am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type Genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal family-group taxon is a nominal genus called the 'type genus'; the family-group name is based upon that of the type genus." Any family-group name must have a type genus (and any genus-group name must have a type species, but any species-group name may, but need not, have one or more type specimens). The type genus for a family-group name is also the genus that provided the stem to which was added the ending -idae (for families). :Example: The family name Formicidae has as its type genus the genus ''Formica'' Linnaeus, 1758. Botanical nomenclature In botanical nomenclature, the phrase "type genus" is used, unofficially, as a term of convenience. In the '' ICN'' this phrase has no status. The code uses type specimens for ranks up to fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amblypterus
''Amblypterus'' (from el, ἀμβλύς , 'blunt' and el, πτερόν 'wing' or 'fin') is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h .... See also * List of prehistoric bony fish References * Dietze, K., 2000. A Revision Of Paramblypterid And Amblypterid Actinopterygians From Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian Lacustrine Deposits Of Central Europe. Palaeontology 43, 927–966. *''Evolution: The Grand Experiment'' by Carl Werner and Debbie Werner *'' Fishes of the World'' by Joseph S. Nelson *''A Pictorial Guide to Fossils'' by Gerard Ramon Case Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Permian bony fish Permian fish of Asia Permian fish of Europe Taxa named by Louis Agassiz {{paleo-rayfinned-fish-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
