Aeduellidae
Extinct family of fishes
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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, Franchessella, Neslovicella, Platysella, Puertollanichthys, Shafeevus, Spinarichthys, Stephaniella and Westollia.[2][3][4][5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Aeduelliformes |
| Family: | †Aeduellidae Romer, 1945 |
Classification
This list follows the most recent aeduellid classification.[3][4]
- Family †Aeduellidae Romer, 1954
- Genus †Aeduella Westoll, 1937
- Species †Aeduella blainvillei type (Agassiz, 1833)
- Genus †Amelangia Štamberg & Werneburg, 2023
- Species †Amelangia ornata Štamberg & Werneburg, 2023
- Genus †Bourbonnella Heyler, 1967
- Species †Bourbonnella fourrieri Poplin, 2001
- Species †Bourbonnella guilloti type Heyler, 1969
- Species †Bourbonnella hirsuta Štamberg, 2007
- Species †Bourbonnella jocelynae Mickle, 2011
- Species †Bourbonnella sottyi (Anonymous, 1972)
- Genus †Decazella Heyler, 1967
- Species †Decazella vetteri type (Heyler, 1964)
- Genus †Franchessella Gonçalves et al., 2026a[6]
- Species †Franchessella pohlcremeri type Gonçalves et al., 2026a
- Genus †Neslovicella Štamberg, 2007
- Species †Neslovicella elongata Štamberg, 2010
- Species †Neslovicella rzehaki type Štamberg, 2007
- Genus †Platysella Heyler & Poplin, 1983
- Species †Platysella descusi Heyler & Poplin, 1983
- Species †Platysella lallyi type Heyler & Poplin, 1983
- Species †Platysella poplinae Heyler, 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 †Stephaniella Gonçalves et al, 2026b[7]
- Species †Stephaniella melanocephala type Gonçalves et al., 2026b
- Genus †Westollia White & Moy-Thomas, 1940
- Species †Westollia crassa type (Pohlig, 1892 non Agassiz 1846)
- Genus †Aeduella Westoll, 1937
