Aeduellidae

Aeduellidae Temporal range: Bashkirian-Asselian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Specimen of Aeduella blainvillei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	† Aeduelliformes
Family:	† Aeduellidae Romer, 1945

Aeduellidae is an extinct family of "palaeoniscoid" ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii), known from the Bashkirian-Asselian of Europe and North America. ^[1] The family includes the following genera: Aeduella , Amelangia, Bourbonnella , Decazella , Neslovicella, Platysella, Puertollanichthys, Shafeevus, Spinarichthys and Westollia . ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Classification

This list follows the most recent aeduellid classification. ^{[3] [4]}

• Family †AeduellidaeRomer, 1954
  • Genus † Aeduella Westoll, 1937
    • Species †Aeduella blainvillei type (Agassiz, 1833)
  • Genus † Amelangia Štamberg & Werneburg, 2023
    • Species †Amelangia ornataŠtamberg & Werneburg, 2023
  • Genus † Bourbonnella Heyler, 1967
    • Species †Bourbonnella fourrieriPoplin, 2001
    • Species †Bourbonnella guilloti type Heyler, 1969
    • Species †Bourbonnella hirsutaŠtamberg, 2007
    • Species †Bourbonnella jocelynaeMickle, 2011
    • Species †Bourbonnella sottyi(Anonymous, 1972)
  • Genus † Decazella Heyler, 1967
    • Species †Decazella vetteri type (Heyler, 1964)
  • Genus † Neslovicella Štamberg, 2007
    • Species †Neslovicella elongataŠtamberg, 2010
    • Species †Neslovicella rzehaki type Štamberg, 2007
  • Genus † Platysella Heyler & Poplin, 1983
    • Species †Platysella descusiHeyler & Poplin, 1983
    • Species †Platysella lallyi type Heyler & Poplin, 1983
    • Species †Platysella poplinaeHeyler, 2002
  • Genus † Puertollanichthys Forey & Young, 1985
    • Species †Puertollanichthys ritchiei type Forey & Young, 1985
  • Genus ?† Shafeevus Yankevich & Minich, 1998
    • Species †Shafeevus sulcatus type Yankevich & Minich, 1998
  • Genus † Spinarichthys Štamberg, 1986
    • Species †Spinarichthys dispersus type Štamberg, 1986
  • Genus † Westollia White & Moy-Thomas, 1940
    • Species †Westollia crassa type (Pohlig, 1892 non Agassiz 1846)

References

1. Schultze, Hans-Peter; Mickle, Kathryn E.; Poplin, Cécile; Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2022). Handbook of Paleoichthyology 8A: Actinopterygii I. Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.
2. Gonçalves, D.; Luccisano, V. (2025). "Taxonomic review, ontogeny and phylogeny of the aeduellids from the upper Carboniferous Decazeville Basin (Aveyron, France)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23 (1) 2560885. doi:10.1080/14772019.2025.2560885.
3. Štamberg, S.; Werneburg, R. (2023). "New genus and species of the family Aeduellidae (Actinopterygii) from the Lower Goldlauter Formation (Asselian, Lower Permian) of the Thuringian Forest (Germany)". Fossil Imprint. 79 (2): 144–151. doi: 10.37520/fi.2023.008 .
4. Štamberg, S. (2024). "Redescription of the actinopterygian fish Westollia crassa (Pohlig, 1892) (Aeduellidae) from the Permian sediments of Thuringia and its relationships to other Aeduellidae". PalZ. 98 (3): 491–508. Bibcode:2024PalZ...98..491S. doi:10.1007/s12542-024-00696-8.
5. Gonçalves, D.; Luccisano, V.; Rebillard, A.; Logghe, A.; Štamberg, S.; Steyer, J.-S. (2025). "New aquatic vertebrate and ichnological remains from the Upper Carboniferous of Decazeville (Aveyron, France): implications for the paleofauna of the French Variscan basins". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 24 (11): 191–217. doi: 10.5852/cr-palevol2025v24a11 .