Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Full reference: P. Egerton. 1856. Note on the Fish Remains from Styl Krantz, South Africa. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Second Series 7(2):226-227
Belongs to Palaeoniscum according to P. Egerton 1856
See also Gardiner 1962
Sister taxa: Palaeoniscum antipodeus, Palaeoniscum antiquum, 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: found only at Styl Krantz, Cape Colony, BMNH fish (Permian of South Africa)
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