Sinosaurichthys

Sinosaurichthys
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Saurichthyiformes
Family: Saurichthyidae
Genus: Sinosaurichthys
Wu et al., 2010
Species
  • S. longipectoralis Wu et al., 2010 (type)
  • S. longimedialis Wu et al., 2010
  • S. minuta Wu et al., 2010

Sinosaurichthys is an extinct genus of saurichthyid ray-finned fish which existed in southwestern China, during the middle Triassic (Anisian age).[1] Fossils have been found in the Upper Member of the Guanling Formation of two localities: Yangjuan of Panxian County, Guizhou Province, and Dawazi of Luoping, Yunnan Province, China.[1] It was first named by Wu Feixiang, Sun Yuanlin, Xu Guanghui, Hao Weicheng, Jiang Dayong and Sun Zuoyu in 2010 and the type species is Sinosaurichthys longipectoralis.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wu Feixiang; Sun Yuanlin; Xu Guanghui; Hao Weicheng; Jiang Dayong; Sun Zuoyu (2010). "New saurichthyid fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic (Pelsonian, Anisian) of southwestern China" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0007.
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