Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Blainville, 1818

By oilshale (edited)

• November 15, 2018

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Palaeonisciformes Hay 1902
Family: Palaeoniscidae Vogt 1852
Genus: Palaeoniscum
Species: Palaeoniscum freieslebeni
Author Citation Blainville, 1818

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Permian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Wuchiapingian

Stratigraphy

Zechstein Group
Werra Formation
Kupferschiefer (Copper Shale)

Provenance

Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 07/01/1969
Acquired by: Field Collection

Dimensions

Length: 20 cm

Location

Richelsdorf
Hessia
Germany

• kupferschiefer
• palaeoniscum
• permian
• richelsdorf
• tff-oilshale-ch57

Comments

The most common fish in copper shale.

References:

Blainville, H.-M. D. (1818). Sur les Ichthyolites, les Poisons Fossiles; Article extrait du Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle, vol. 28, Abel Lange, p. 16.

K. H. Wedepohl. Composition and origin of the Kupferschiefer bed. Geological Quarterly, Vol. 38. No. 4, 1994, p.623-638 .

Günther Schaumberg (1977) Der Richelsdorfer Kupferschiefer und seine Fossilien, III. Der Aufschluss 28 (8/9): 297-352.