IGORNICHTHYIDAE Heyler, 1977

Štamberg, Stanislav, 2016, A new actinopterygian species of Igornichthys Heyler, 1972 from the Permian of the Krkonoše Piedmont Basin (Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic), and its relationship to the actinopterygians of other European Permo- Carboniferous basins, Geodiversitas 38 (4), pp. 475-488 : 477

Family IGORNICHTHYIDAE Heyler, 1977

TYPE GENUS. — Igornichthys Heyler, 1972 .

INCLUDED GENERA. — Igornichthys Heyler, 1972 ; Igornella Heyler, 1969 ; Commentrya Sauvage, 1888 ; Setlikia Štamberg & Zajíc, 1994 .

DIAGNOSIS. — The skull roof has large frontals, small parietals and large dermopterotics. The supraorbital canal traverses from the frontal to the dermopterotic and not to the parietal. The teeth are of intermediate size and sharply pointed. The sculpture on the scales forms one or two large and sharply pointed spines that are postero-ventrad oriented.

REMARKS

Heyler (1977) erected the family Igornichthyidae in his text but did not include a diagnosis. The here given diagnosis was compiled and based primarily on Heyler (1969, 1977).