Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Saurichthyidae | Phylum Chordata Order Saurichthyiformes Rank Genus | |
Similar Saurichthys, Birgeria, Perleidus, Chondrostei, Neopterygii | ||
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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