Palaeoniscidae

Palaeoniscidae is an extinct family of "palaeoniscoid" ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii). 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 and ὀνίσκος.

Palaeoniscidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PalaeoniscoideiPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Palaeonisciformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Palaeonisciformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Palaeonisciformes

Time the record covers

At least 239 million years on record.

The record covers at least 382.31 Mya to 143.1 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 383.4 Mya to 121.4 Mya.

Devonian — about 10 of 369 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 81 of 369 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 113 of 369 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 7 of 369 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 30 of 369 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 118 of 369 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 8 of 369 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 369 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 2 of 369 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 1 of 369 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous389–380 Mya — about 3 occurrences380–370 Mya — about 2 occurrences370–361 Mya — about 4 occurrences361–352 Mya — about 10 occurrences352–343 Mya — about 12 occurrences343–334 Mya — about 25 occurrences334–325 Mya — about 11 occurrences325–316 Mya — about 8 occurrences316–307 Mya — about 7 occurrences307–298 Mya — about 11 occurrences298–289 Mya — about 5 occurrences289–280 Mya — about 7 occurrences280–271 Mya — about 13 occurrences271–261 Mya — about 21 occurrences261–252 Mya — about 66 occurrences252–243 Mya — about 17 occurrences243–234 Mya — about 23 occurrences234–225 Mya — about 12 occurrences225–216 Mya — about 19 occurrences216–207 Mya — about 19 occurrences207–198 Mya — about 69 occurrences198–189 Mya — about 4 occurrences162–152 Mya — about 1 occurrence152–143 Mya — about 1 occurrence143–134 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences134–125 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences125–116 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences382.31 Mya143.1 Mya389 Mya116 Mya

369 occurrences of Palaeoniscidae on record, most of them in the Late Triassic. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

369 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

115 formations

Raisby — 54.69°N, 1.53°WRaisby — 54.63°N, 1.63°WRaisby — 54.85°N, 1.47°WRaisby — 55.05°N, 1.44°WRaisby — 54.62°N, 1.68°WRaisby — 54.52°N, 1.56°WWestbury — 53.03°N, 0.81°WWestbury — 51.32°N, 2.97°WWestbury — 51.93°N, 2.23°WWestbury — 51.24°N, 2.34°WWestbury — 51.82°N, 2.41°WWestbury — 51.60°N, 2.63°WWestbury — 50.72°N, 3.05°WWestbury — 51.55°N, 2.40°WWestbury — 51.18°N, 3.38°WLockatong — 40.81°N, 74.02°WLockatong — 40.20°N, 75.27°WLockatong — 40.26°N, 75.14°WLockatong — 40.26°N, 75.18°WLockatong — 40.26°N, 75.03°WLockatong — 40.13°N, 75.52°WLockatong — 40.42°N, 75.06°WChinle — 34.44°N, 109.46°WChinle — 35.84°N, 111.25°WChinle — 34.87°N, 109.80°WChinle — 35.65°N, 111.12°WChinle — 34.68°N, 109.58°WChinle — 36.33°N, 106.47°WChinle — 38.28°N, 108.90°WChinle — 38.15°N, 109.20°WKupferschiefer — 52.23°N, 7.96°EKupferschiefer — 50.98°N, 10.01°ETyne limestone — 55.11°N, 2.98°WGullane — 56.04°N, 2.83°WGullane — 55.97°N, 3.25°WGullane — 55.88°N, 3.59°WGullane — 55.98°N, 3.21°WColsterdale Marine Beds — 54.07°N, 1.82°WColsterdale Marine Beds — 54.17°N, 1.87°WAshfield Shale — 33.91°S, 151.19°EZechstein — 51.23°N, 8.89°EZechstein — 51.49°N, 6.55°EZechstein — 54.25°N, 7.67°EGlencartholm Volcanic Beds — 55.20°N, 3.07°WWhitehill — 31.47°S, 19.77°EWhitehill — 30.78°S, 19.25°EWhitehill — 30.95°S, 19.43°ETecovas — 33.45°N, 101.17°WTecovas — 34.96°N, 101.70°WTecovas — 35.38°N, 102.16°WBaitugan — 55.89°N, 53.34°EBaitugan — 55.70°N, 51.74°EPechishchi — 55.78°N, 48.95°EPechishchi — 58.64°N, 49.85°EWild Cow — 34.95°N, 106.30°WColorado City — 32.17°N, 101.25°WRavnefjeld — 73.99°N, 21.42°WRavnefjeld — 74.02°N, 21.55°WRavnefjeld — 73.32°N, 22.70°WBesano — 45.91°N, 8.95°EBesano — 45.90°N, 8.96°ETerrigal — 33.43°S, 151.34°EGrès de Mortinsart — 49.70°N, 5.66°EGrès de Mortinsart — 49.75°N, 5.79°E'First' — 55.03°N, 48.89°EOhio Shale — 41.44°N, 81.74°WOhio Shale — 41.44°N, 81.76°WWest Lothian Oil Shale — 55.89°N, 3.17°WWest Lothian Oil Shale — 55.91°N, 3.48°WWest Lothian Oil Shale — 55.99°N, 3.39°W

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The named rock units Palaeoniscidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 91 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 82 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Palaeoniscidae and its relatives

Late Triassic

Where Palaeoniscidae and its relatives were recorded in the Late Triassic.

Found in the same rock

1,712 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 277 sites for Palaeoniscidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

141 references

Each of the 369 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 129 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Palaeoniscidae

Credit
Ghedoghedo
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Palaeoniscidae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Vogt 1852