Palaeoniscidae
Palaeoniscidae | |
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Palaeoniscum freieslebeni | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Subclass: | Chondrostei[1] |
Order: | Palaeonisciformes |
Family: | Palaeoniscidae |
Palaeoniscidae is a family of fish who possessed a bony skeleton and operculum. This group of fish appeared in the Silurian, and died out in the Cretaceous.
References
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- ↑ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
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