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Taxonomy from Gottfried, 1992. Diagnosis for the genus by Gottfried, 1992: "Scales in anterior midbody region three to four times deeper than wide, in two bands. Peg— and —socket articulation of deepened scales located near their posterior border. Ornamentation of deepened scales consists of smooth ganoine surface with shallow, irregular, intersecting furrows that form mosaic pattern. Scales on posterior and dorsal portions of body are diamond—shaped rhomboids which are much finer and narrower along the ventral margin. Body fusiform and slightly elongate, with head comprising approximate 25% of overall length and maximum body depth 20% of overall length. Dorsal fin posteriorly positioned, low in profile, and small relative to anal fin. Pectoral fin lobate at base, with ca. 12 slightly rounded scales covering fleshy lobe. Triangular suborbital present, contacts both preoperculum and maxilla. Separate intertemporal and supratemporal bones present. Dermosphenotic relatively large and T—shaped, forming major portion of dorsal border of orbital opening and contacting nasal." Reconstruction from Gottfried 1992, p. 194: References: pdf: Precise age and biostratigraphic significance of the Kinney Brick Quarry Lagerstätte Pennsylvanian of New Mexico.pdf Lucas, S. G. and Sullivan, R. M., eds., 2015, Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 68. Edited by Jiri Zidek: Geology and paleontology of the Kinney Brick Quarry, Late Pennsylvanian, central New Mexico. New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources.Bulletin 138. M. D. Gottfried (1992): A new deep-scaled 'palaeoniscoid' from the Kinney Quarry, Late Pennsylvanian of New Mexico. New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Bulletin, No. 138 1992: 189-203.