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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). 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. 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.


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