The Palaeonisciformes (Palaeoniscida) are an
extinct
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order
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of early ray-finned fishes (
Actinopterygii
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 ...
). Palaeonisciformes ''
sensu lato
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'' first appeared in the
fossil record
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in the Late
Silurian
The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...
and last appeared in the Late
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...
. The name is derived from the
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...
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
''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?, Turk ...
'' and fossil
taxa
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with a broadly similar appearance) and Platysomoidei (includes ''
Platysomus
''Platysomus'' (from el, πλατύς , 'broad' and el, σῶμα 'body') is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in the Carboniferous and Permian periods. Fossils have been found worldwide.
''Platysomus'' was about long, and ...
'' and other deep-bodied early actinopterygians).
These groupings are considered
paraphyletic
In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
today.
In the
cladistic
Cladistics (; ) is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in groups (" clades") based on hypotheses of most recent common ancestry. The evidence for hypothesized relationships is typically shared derived char ...
sense, Palaeonisciformes ''
sensu stricto
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'' should only refer to the
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 Paleoz ...
''Palaeoniscum'', the name giving taxon, and all other taxa that fall on the same
lineage
Lineage may refer to:
Science
* Lineage (anthropology), a group that can demonstrate its common descent from an apical ancestor or a direct line of descent from an ancestor
* Lineage (evolution), a temporal sequence of individuals, populati ...
as ''Palaeoniscum''.
Additionally, the term Palaeopterygii ("ancient fins") is sometimes used to group fossil and
extant
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* Extant hereditary titles
* Extant literature, surviving literature, such as ''Beowulf'', the oldest extant manuscript written in English
* Extant taxon, a taxon which is not extinct, ...
actinopterygians that are neither members of the
monophyletic
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...
Neopterygii
Neopterygii (from Greek νέος ''neos'' 'new' and πτέρυξ ''pteryx'' 'fin') is a subclass of ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii). Neopterygii includes the Holostei and the Teleostei, of which the latter comprise the vast majority of extant f ...
nor the also monophyletic
Cladistia
Cladistia is a clade of bony fishes whose only living members are the bichirs. Their major synapomorphies are a heterocercal tail in which the dorsal fin has independent rays, and a posteriorly elongated parasphenoid.
Cladistia are the earlie ...
. Like the Palaeonisciformes ''sensu lato'', the Palaeopterygii are also a paraphyletic assemblage.
Historic background
![Acropholis stensioei](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Acropholis_stensioei.jpg)
The
systematics
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...
of fossil and extant fishes has puzzled
ichthyologists
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of October ...
since the time of
Louis Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Spending his early life in Switzerland, he rec ...
, who first grouped all
Palaeozoic
The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.
The name ''Paleozoic'' ( ;) was coined by the British geologist Adam Sedgwick in 1838
by combining the Greek words ''palaiós'' (, "old") and '' ...
ray-finned fishes together with
Chondrostei
Chondrostei is a group of non-neopterygian ray-finned fish, while the term originally referred to a paraphyletic group of all non-neopterygian ray-finned fish, it was redefined by Patterson in 1982 to be a clade comprising the Acipenseriformes (w ...
(
sturgeons
Sturgeon is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the Late Cretaceous, and are descended from other, earlier acipenseriform fish, which date back to the Early ...
,
paddlefish
Paddlefish (family Polyodontidae) are a family of ray-finned fish belonging to order Acipenseriformes, and one of two living groups of the order alongside sturgeons (Acipenseridae). They are distinguished from other fish by their titular elongla ...
es),
gar
Gars are members of the family Lepisosteidae, which are the only surviving members of the Ginglymodi, an ancient holosteian group of ray-finned fish, which first appeared during the Triassic, over 240 million years ago. Gars comprise seven livin ...
s,
lungfishes
Lungfish are freshwater vertebrates belonging to the order Dipnoi. Lungfish are best known for retaining ancestral characteristics within the Osteichthyes, including the ability to breathe air, and ancestral structures within Sarcopterygii, i ...
, and
acanthodians
Acanthodii or acanthodians is an extinct class of gnathostomes (jawed fishes), typically considered a paraphyletic group. They are currently considered to represent a grade of various fish lineages leading up to the extant Chondrichthyes, which ...
in his Ganoidei.
Carl Hermann Müller later proposed to divide actinopterygians into three groups: Chondrostei,
Holostei
Holostei is a group of ray-finned bony fish. It is divided into two major clades, the Halecomorphi, represented by a single living species, the bowfin (''Amia calva''), as well as the Ginglymodi, the sole living representatives being the gars (Le ...
, and
Teleostei
Teleostei (; Ancient Greek, Greek ''teleios'' "complete" + ''osteon'' "bone"), members of which are known as teleosts ), is, by far, the largest class (biology), infraclass in the class Actinopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, containing 96% of a ...
. Later,
Edward Drinker Cope
Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist, and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested ...
included these three groups within
Actinopteri
Actinopteri is the sister group of Cladistia in the class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish).
Dating back to the Permian period, the Actinopteri comprise the Chondrostei (sturgeons and paddlefish) and the Neopterygii (bowfin, gars, and teleosts). ...
.
The same classification is also used today,
though the definitions of these groups have changed significantly over the years. The
sister group
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Definition
The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram:
Taxon A and t ...
to Actinopteri are the
Cladistia
Cladistia is a clade of bony fishes whose only living members are the bichirs. Their major synapomorphies are a heterocercal tail in which the dorsal fin has independent rays, and a posteriorly elongated parasphenoid.
Cladistia are the earlie ...
, which include ''
Polypterus
''Polypterus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the bichir family (Polypteridae) of order Polypteriformes. The type species is the Nile bichir (''P. bichir''). Fish in this genus live in various areas in Africa. ''Polypterus'' is the only know ...
'' (bichirs), ''
Erpetoichthys
The reedfish, ropefish (more commonly used in the United States), or snakefish, ''Erpetoichthys calabaricus'', is a species of fish in the bichir family and order. It is the only member of the genus ''Erpetoichthys''. It is native to fresh and ...
'' and their fossil relatives. All together are grouped as Actinopterygii.
A few additional classification schemes were proposed over the years.
Lev Berg
Lev Semyonovich Berg, also known as Leo S. Berg (russian: Лев Семёнович Берг; 14 March 1876 – 24 December 1950) was a leading Russian geographer, biologist and ichthyologist who served as President of the Soviet Geographical So ...
erected the superorder Palaeonisci, in which he included early actinopterygians that belonged to neither Chondrostei nor Polypteri (Cladistia). Mostly following Berg,
Jean-Pierre Lehman grouped the Actinopterygii into 26 orders, among others the Palaeonisciformes with the two suborders Palaeoniscoidei and Platysomoidei.
Numerous
genera
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of early actinopterygians have been referred to either Palaeonisciformes or to one of its suborders based on superficial resemblance with either ''Palaeoniscum'' (Palaeoniscoidei) or ''Platysomus'' (Platysomoidei), especially during the early and middle parts of the 20th century. Palaeonisciformes, Palaeoniscoidei, and Platysomoidei have therefore become
wastebasket taxa. They are not natural groups, but instead
paraphyletic
In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
assemblages of the early members of several ray-finned fish lineages. Palaeoniscoidei have traditionally encompassed most
Paleozoic
The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.
The name ''Paleozoic'' ( ;) was coined by the British geologist Adam Sedgwick in 1838
by combining the Greek words ''palaiós'' (, "old") and ' ...
actinopterygians, except those that exhibit atypical body forms (such as the deep-bodied Platysomoidei, or those assigned securely to any of the living groups of ray-finned fishes. The same can also be said about the
family
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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 ...
''sensu lato'', to which several genera not closely related to ''Palaeoniscum'' have been referred in the past.
The grouping of "palaeonisciforms" was based largely on shared
plesiomorphic
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Plesiomorphy, symplesiomorphy, apomorphy, and ...
features, such as the forward position of the eye, the large gape or the presence of rhombic scales. However, such
symplesiomorphies
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Plesiomorphy, symplesiomorphy, apomorphy, an ...
are not informative with regard to
phylogeny
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, but rather an indication of common ancestry. In modern biology,
taxonomists
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group taxa based on shared
apomorphies
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(
synapomorphies
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) in order to detect
monophyletic
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groups (natural groups). They use computer software (e.g.,
PAUP) to determine the most likely
evolutionary relationships
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between taxa, thereby putting previous
hypotheses
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of such relationships to the test. As a consequence, many genera have been subsequently removed from Palaeonisciformes and referred to distinct orders (e.g.,
Saurichthyiformes
Saurichthyiformes is an extinct order of ray-finned fish which existed in Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, during the late Permian to early Middle Jurassic. Saurichthyiiformes comprise two families, Saurichthyidae and Yela ...
).
The term Palaeonisciformes has mostly disappeared from the modern literature or is nowadays only used to refer to the "primitive"
morphology
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* Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts
* Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies ...
of a taxon (e.g., "palaeonisciform skull shape" or "palaeoniscoid body shape"). In order to make the Paleonisciformes, Palaeoniscoidei or Palaeoniscidae monophyletic, these terms should only be used in a strict sense, i.e., when referring to the clade of actinopterygians that includes ''Palaeoniscum'' and the taxa closely related to it.
A monophyletic clade including several taxa classically referred to the Palaeonisciformes (e.g., ''
Aesopichthys'', ''
Birgeria
''Birgeria'' is a genus of carnivorous marine ray-finned fish from the Triassic period. ''Birgeria'' had a global distribution. Fossils were found in Madagascar, Spitsbergen, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, China, Russia, Canada and N ...
'', ''
Boreosomus'', ''
Canobius'', ''
Pteronisculus
''Pteronisculus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic and Middle Triassic epochs of the Triassic period.
It was first described under the name "''Glaucolepis''" by Erik Stensiö in 1921 and w ...
'', ''
Rhadinichthys
''Rhadinichthys'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. It is known from several species that lived in the Late Devonian epoch (geology), epoch, the Carboniferous period (geology), period and the Cisuralian epoch (early Permian) in what ...
'') was recovered in the
cladistic analysis
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by Lund et al.
This clade, coined Palaeoniscimorpha, is also used in subsequent publications.
Recent cladistic analyses also recovered
clades
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containing several genera that have historically been grouped within Palaeonisciformes, while excluding others.
Due to the delicate nature of fossils of ray-finned fishes and the incomplete knowledge of several taxa (especially with regard to the internal cranial anatomy),
there is still no consensus about the evolutionary relationships of several early actinopterygians previously grouped within Palaeonisciformes.
Classification
The following list includes
species
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that have been referred to Palaeonisciformes (or
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 ...
, respectively), usually because of superficial resemblance with ''
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?, Turk ...
freieslebeni''. Many of these species are poorly known and have never been included in any
cladistic analysis
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. Their inclusion in Palaeonisciformes (or Palaeoniscidae) is in most cases doubtful and requires confirmation by cladistic studies. Which taxa should be included in Palaeonisciformes ''sensu stricto'' (or Palaeoniscidae ''sensu stricto'') and which ones moved to other
orders
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or
families
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, respecitively, is a matter of ongoing research.
* Order †Palaeonisciformes
Hay, 1902 ''sensu stricto''
Moy-Thomas & Miles, 1971">alaeoniscida Moy-Thomas & Miles, 1971ref name="mikko">
** Family †Palaeoniscidae
Vogt, 1852
*** Genus ?†''
Agecephalichthys''
Wade, 1935
**** Species †''Agecephalichthys granulatus''
Wade, 1935
*** Genus ?†''
Atherstonia''
Woodward, 18989 'Broometta''_
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Chabakov, 1927">Broometta.html" ;"title="'Broometta">'Broometta''
Chabakov, 1927**** Species †''Atherstonia scutata''
Woodward, 1889 [''Atherstonia cairncrossi''
Broom, 1913; ''
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 ...
capensis''
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
''Gyrolepis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Middle-Late Triassic epochs in what is now Europe. It is known both from complete specimens and isolated skeletal elements, such as scales or teeth.
See also
* Prehist ...
''
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
''Gyrolepidoides'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Triassic epoch in what is now Mendoza, Argentina.
See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
A ''list'' is any set of items in a ro ...
''
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
''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?, Turk ...
''
de Blainville, 1818 'Palaeoniscus''_
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Agassiz, 1833 non Von Meyer, 1858; ''Palaeoniscas">Palaeoniscus.html" ;"title="'Palaeoniscus">'Palaeoniscus''
Agassiz, 1833 non Von Meyer, 1858; ''Palaeoniscas''
Rzchak, 1881; ''Eupalaeoniscus''
Rzchak, 1881; ''Palaeomyzon''
Weigelt, 1930; ''Geomichthys''
Sauvage, 1888]
**** Species †''P. angustum''
(Rzehak, 1881) [''Palaeoniscas angustus''
Rzehak, 1881]
**** Species †''P. antipodeum''
(Egerton, 1864) Egerton, 1864">'Palaeoniscus antipodeus'' Egerton, 1864**** Species †''P. antiquum''
Williams, 1886
**** Species †''P. arenaceum''
Berger, 1832
**** Species †''P. capense''
(Bloom, 1913) Bloom, 1913">'Palaeoniscus capensis'' Bloom, 1913**** Species †''P. comtum''
(Agassiz, 1833) Agassiz, 1833">'Palaeoniscus comtus'' Agassiz, 1833**** Species †''P. daedalium''
Yankevich & Minich, 1998
**** Species †''P. devonicum''
Clarke, 1885
**** Species †''P. elegans''
(Sedgwick, 1829) Sedgwick, 1829">'Palaeoniscus elegans'' Sedgwick, 1829**** Species †''P. freieslebeni''
de Blainville, 1818 (de Brainville, 1818); ''Palaeoniscus freieslebeni'' (de Brainville, 1818)">'Eupalaeoniscus freieslebeni'' (de Brainville, 1818); ''Palaeoniscus freieslebeni'' (de Brainville, 1818)**** Species †''P. hassiae''
(Jaekel, 1898) Jaekel, 1898; ''Palaeomyzon hassiae'' (Jaekel, 1898)">'Galeocerdo contortus hassiae'' Jaekel, 1898; ''Palaeomyzon hassiae'' (Jaekel, 1898)**** Species †''P. kasanense''
Geinitz & Vetter, 1880
**** Species †''P. katholitzkianum''
(Rzehak, 1881) Rzehak, 1881">'Palaeoniscas katholitzkianus'' Rzehak, 1881**** Species †''P. landrioti''
(le Sauvage, 1890) le Sauvage, 1890">'Palaeoniscus landrioti'' le Sauvage, 1890**** Species †''P. longissimum''
(Agassiz, 1833) Agassiz, 1833">'Palaeoniscus longissimus'' Agassiz, 1833**** Species †''P. macrophthalmum''
(McCoy, 1855) McCoy, 1855">'Palaeoniscus macrophthalmus'' McCoy, 1855**** Species †''P. magnum''
(Woodward, 1937) Woodward, 1937">'Palaeoniscus magnus'' Woodward, 1937**** Species †''P. moravicum''
(Rzehak, 1881) Rzehak, 1881">'Palaeoniscas moravicus'' Rzehak, 1881**** Species †''P. promtu''
(Rzehak, 1881) Rzehak, 1881">'Palaeoniscas promtus'' Rzehak, 1881**** Species †''P. reticulatum''
Williams, 1886
**** Species †''P. scutigerum''
Newberry, 1868
**** Species †''P. vratislavensis''
(Agassiz, 1833) Agassiz, 1833">'Palaeoniscus vratislavensis'' Agassiz, 1833*** Genus †''
Palaeothrissum
''Palaeothrissum'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
See also
* Prehistoric fish
The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates develop ...
''
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
Other families attributed to Palaeonisciformes
This list includes
families
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideall ...
that at one time or another were placed in the order Palaeonisciformes. The species included in these families are often poorly known, and a close relationship with the family Palaeoniscidae is therefore doubtful unless confirmed by
cladistic analyses. These families are therefore better treated as Actinopterygii ''
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 ...
'' for the time being. The
evolutionary relationships
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation t ...
of early actinopterygians is a matter of ongoing studies.
* †
Acropholidae Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1977
* †
Atherstoniidae Gardiner, 1969
* †
Brazilichthyidae Cox & Hutchinson, 1991
* †
Centrolepididae Gardier, 1960
* †
Coccolepididae
Coccolepididae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish, known from the Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, most of which were originally referred to the type genus ''Coccolepis.'' They had a widespread distribution, being found in North and South ...
Berg, 1940 corrig.
* †
Commentryidae Gardiner, 1963
* †
Cryphiolepididae MoyThomas, 1939 corrig.
* †
Dwykiidae Gardiner, 1969
* †
Holuridae Moy-Thomas, 1939
* †
Igornichthyidae Heyler, 1977
* †
Irajapintoseidae Beltan, 1978
* †
Monesedeiphidae Beltan, 1989
* †
Moythomasiidae Kazantseva, 1971
* †
Rhabdolepididae Gardiner, 1963
* †
Stegotrachelidae Gardiner, 1963
* †
Thrissonotidae Berg, 1955
* †
Tienshaniscidae Lu & Chen, 2010
* †
Turseodontidae Bock, 1959 corrig.
* †
Uighuroniscidae Jin, 1996
* †
Urosthenidae Woodward, 1931
Timeline of genera
''
Andreolepis hedei
''Andreolepis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric fish, which lived around 420 million years ago. It was described by Walter Gross in 1968 based on scales found in the Hemse Formation in Gotland, Sweden. It is placed in the monogeneric f ...
'', previously grouped within Palaeonisciformes, has proven so far to be the earliest-known actinopterygiian, living around 420 million years ago (
Late Silurian
The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...
in
Russia
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,
Sweden
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,
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
, and
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
. Actinopterygians underwent an extensive diversification during the
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carbonifero ...
, after the end-
Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...
Hangenberg extinction.
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See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
References
Palaeoniscifor ...
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Species
See also
* Prehistoric fish
The evo ...
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See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or ...
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See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or ...
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Taxonomy
* Family Kentuckiidae Gardiner 1993
** Genus ''Kentuckia'' Rayner 1951
*** ''K. deani'' (Eastman 1907) 'Rhadinichthys deani'' Eastman 1907*** ''K. hlavini'' Dunkle 1964
See ...
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See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony f ...
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''Paramblypterus'' is an extinct genus of bony fish. This taxon would often fall under predation from Paleozoic tetrapods such as ''Sclerocephalus''
See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
A ''list'' is any set of item ...
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See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
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See also
* Prehistoric fish
The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates develop ...
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See also
* Prehistoric fish
The evolution of fish b ...
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''Bourbonnella'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater bony fish that lived during the late Mississippian (geology), Mississippian (Carboniferous) and Asselian (Cisuralian/early Permian epoch) in what is now Burgundy (Autun, France), Rh ...
color:earlypermian bar:NAM58 from: -280 till: -270.6 text: Aedulla
color:middlepermian bar:NAM59 from: -270.6 till: -260.4 text: 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?, Turk ...
color:middlepermian bar:NAM60 from: -270.6 till: -260.4 text: Boreolepis
''Boreolepis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Wuchiapingian age (Lopingian/late Permian epoch) in what is now Clavering Island, Greenland, and Vologda Oblast, Russia.
See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of ...
color:latepermian bar:NAM61 from: -260 till: -251 text: Trachelacanthus
color:latepermian bar:NAM62 from: -260 till: -251 text: Tienshaniscus
color:latepermian bar:NAM63 from: -260 till: -251 text: Sinoniscus
color:latepermian bar:NAM64 from: -260 till: -251 text: Rhabdolepis
color:latepermian bar:NAM65 from: -260 till: -251 text: Paralogoniscus
color:latepermian bar:NAM66 from: -260 till: -251 text: Neuburgella
color:latepermian bar:NAM67 from: -260 till: -251 text: Korutichthys
color:latepermian bar:NAM68 from: -260 till: -251 text: Inichthys
color:latepermian bar:NAM69 from: -260 till: -251 text: Gardinerichthys
color:latepermian bar:NAM70 from: -260 till: -251 text: Eurynotoides
''Eurynotoides'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
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color:latepermian bar:NAM71 from: -260 till: -251 text: Chichia
color:latepermian bar:NAM72 from: -260 till: -251 text: 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 ...
color:latepermian bar:NAM73 from: -260 till: -251 text: Amblypterina
''Amblypterina'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.
See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
References
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Palaeonisciformes
{{Palaeonisciformes-stub ...
color:latepermian bar:NAM74 from: -260 till: -228 text: Urosthenes
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM75 from: -251 till: -245 text: Stichopterus
''Stichopterus'' is an extinct genus of chondrostean ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch in Asia. It has been found in Russia (Murtoi Formation) and Mongolia.
The type species, ''Stichopterus woodwardi'', was named an ...
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM76 from: -251 till: -245 text: Sakamenichthys
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM77 from: -251 till: -245 text: Pteronisculus
''Pteronisculus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic and Middle Triassic epochs of the Triassic period.
It was first described under the name "''Glaucolepis''" by Erik Stensiö in 1921 and w ...
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM78 from: -251 till: -245 text: Helichthys
''Helichthys'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch (geology), epoch in what is now South Africa.
Although several species of ''Helichthys'' have been erected (''H. elegans'', ''H. stegopyge'', ...
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM79 from: -251 till: -245 text: Evenkia
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM80 from: -251 till: -245 text: Dictyopype
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM81 from: -251 till: -245 text: Daedalichthys
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM82 from: -251 till: -245 text: Broovalia
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM83 from: -251 till: -245 text: Atopocephala
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM84 from: -251 till: -228 text: Boreosomus
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM85 from: -251 till: -175.6 text: Birgeria
''Birgeria'' is a genus of carnivorous marine ray-finned fish from the Triassic period. ''Birgeria'' had a global distribution. Fossils were found in Madagascar, Spitsbergen, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, China, Russia, Canada and N ...
color:earlytriassic bar:NAM86 from: -249.7 till: -199.6 text: Gyrolepis
''Gyrolepis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Middle-Late Triassic epochs in what is now Europe. It is known both from complete specimens and isolated skeletal elements, such as scales or teeth.
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* Prehist ...
color:middletriassic bar:NAM87 from: -245 till: -237 text: Dorsolepis
color:middletriassic bar:NAM88 from: -245 till: -237 text: Caruichthys
color:middletriassic bar:NAM89 from: -245 till: -228 text: Gyrolepidoides
''Gyrolepidoides'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Triassic epoch in what is now Mendoza, Argentina.
See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
A ''list'' is any set of items in a ro ...
color:middletriassic bar:NAM90 from: -245 till: -228 text: Aegicephalichthys
color:latetriassic bar:NAM91 from: -203.6 till: -199.6 text: Scanilepis
color:latetriassic bar:NAM92 from: -203.6 till: -199.6 text: Fukangichthys
''Fukangichthys'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.
See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists ...
color:earlyjurassic bar:NAM93 from: -199.6 till: -196.5 text: Browneichthys
color:earlyjurassic bar:NAM94 from: -199.6 till: -194.2 text: Cosmolepis
''Cosmolepis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
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color:earlyjurassic bar:NAM95 from: -196.5 till: -189.6 text: Plesiococcolepis
color:earlyjurassic bar:NAM96 from: -196.5 till: -189.6 text: Centrolepis
''Centrolepis'' is a genus of small herbaceous plants in the family Restionaceae known as thorn grass scales, with about 25 species native to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and south-east Asia as far north as Hainan Dao. APG III system class ...
color:earlyjurassic bar:NAM97 from: -196.5 till: -175.6 text: Chondrosteus
''Chondrosteus'' is a genus of extinct actinopterygian (ray-finned fish) belonging to the family Chondrosteidae. It lived during the Sinemurian (early Early Jurassic) in what is now England. ''Chondrosteus'' is remotely related to sturgeons and ...
color:earlyjurassic bar:NAM98 from: -196.5 till: -140.2 text: Coccolepis
''Coccolepis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish in the family Coccolepididae. Originally including most species within the family, it is now restricted to two species from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany. The ...
color:earlyjurassic bar:NAM99 from: -183 till: -180.53 text: Strongylosteus
''Strongylosteus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Toarcian age of the Early Jurassic epoch.Hennig, E. (1925). ''Chondrosteus Hindenburgi'' Pomp.---Ein «Stör» des württembergischen Ölschiefers ...
color:earlyjurassic bar:NAM100 from: -183 till: -164.7 text: Gyrosteus
''Gyrosteus'' is an extinct genus of very large ray-finned fish belonging to the family Chondrosteidae. It comprises the type species,
''Gyrosteus mirabilis'', which lived during the early Toarcian (Late Early Jurassic) in what is now northern E ...
color:middlejurassic bar:NAM101 from: -167.7 till: -161.2 text: Hulettia
''Hulettia'' is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish found in the Morrison Formation in the western United States, measuring approximately three to four inches in length. This fish genus contains one species, ''H. americana''. Its body was covere ...
color:latejurassic bar:NAM102 from: -150.8 till: -149.03 text: Songanella
color:earlycretaceous bar:NAM103 from: -145.5 till: -130 text: Psilichthys
''Psilichthys'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish from Eumeralla Formation, the Lower Cretaceous epoch of what is now Victoria, Australia, known from single species ''P. selwyni''. This is the first Mesozoic fossil vertebrate named ...
color:latecretaceous bar:NAM104 from: -83.5 till: -70.6 text: Asarotus
''Asarotus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Campanian.
References
Palaeonisciformes
Late Cretaceous fish
Late Cretaceous fish of North America
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
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The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized C with bar, Ꞓ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 538.8 million ...
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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 Paleoz ...
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The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 Mya. The Triassic is the first and shortest period ...
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The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...
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