Detailed Palaeoniscus Fish from Permian of England

Palaeoniscus freieslebeni

Class Actinopterygii, Order Paleonisciformes, Family Palaeoniscidae

Geological Time: Permian

Size: Fish fossil is 85 mm long Matrix

Fossil Site: Marl Slate, Bowburn, County Durham, England


PalaeoniscusDescription: This is a very well-preserved example of a Paleoniscoid fish known as Palaeoniscus. The paleoniscoids were the first ray-finned fish, a feature readily seen here. Some 40 or more families appeared during the Carboniferous and Permian Periods. This genus went extinct during the Upper Triassic. Notice the details in the rhombic scales and fine tail.

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