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.

Palaeoniscidae
Temporal range: Silurian-Cretaceous
Palaeoniscum freieslebeni
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Palaeoniscidae

Vogt, 1852

See also

References

  1. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.


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