Eochondrosteus

Eochondrosteus; Temporal range: Early Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Genus:	† Eochondrosteus ; Lu, Li et Yang, 2005
Species:	†E. sinensis
Binomial name
	†Eochondrosteus sinensis; Lu, Li et Yang, 2005

Last updated June 07, 2025

Eochondrosteus (meaning "dawn Chondrosteus ") is a genus of extinct marine actinopterygian (ray-finned fish), comprising one species, E. sinensis (monotypy) from the Early Triassic strata in Gansu Province (Beishan Hills), China (previously interpreted as Permian in age). It is suggested to be the most basal acipenseriform (sturgeon, paddlefish, and their fossil relatives).^[1] It was originally described in 2005,^[2] and then redescribed in 2020 in Chinese.^[1] Other authors have considered the placement of Eochondrosteus within the Acipenseriformes as tentative,^[3] or have expressed doubt about its placement in the order^[4]

References

1 2 Lu, Liwu; Tan, Kai; Wang, Xi (2020). "Redescription of Eochondrosteus sinensis (Acipenseriformes, Actinopterygii) and its geological age". Earth Science Frontiers. 27 (6): 371–381.
↑ Liwu Lu, Daqing Li & Liangfeng Yang (2005). "Notes on the discovery of Permian Acipenseriformes in China" . Chinese Science Bulletin. 50 (12): 1279. doi:10.1360/982005-410. ISSN 1001-6538.
↑ Hilton, Eric J.; Forey, Peter L. (2009). "Redescription of †Chondrosteus acipenseroides Egerton, 1858 (Acipenseriformes, †Chondrosteidae) from the lower Lias of Lyme Regis (Dorset, England), with comments on the early evolution of sturgeons and paddlefishes". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 7 (4): 427–453. doi:10.1017/S1477201909002740. S2CID 86821521.
↑ Cooper, Samuel L. A. (2024-03-03). "First occurrence of an acipenseriform (Chondrostei: Acipenseriformes) from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 44 (2). doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2407171. ISSN 0272-4634. The oldest supposed acipenseriform, †Eochondrosteus sinensis Lu et al. 2005 from the Lower Triassic of China (originally interpreted as Permian in age by Lu et al. [2005]) is proposed as the earliest-diverging acipenseriform (Lu et al., 2020), although other authors are skeptical about including this taxon within Acipenseriformes (Hilton et al., 2021).

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[Lu_et_al._2020-1] 1 2 Lu, Liwu; Tan, Kai; Wang, Xi (2020). "Redescription of Eochondrosteus sinensis (Acipenseriformes, Actinopterygii) and its geological age". Earth Science Frontiers. 27 (6): 371–381.

[2] Liwu Lu, Daqing Li & Liangfeng Yang (2005). "Notes on the discovery of Permian Acipenseriformes in China" . Chinese Science Bulletin. 50 (12): 1279. doi:10.1360/982005-410. ISSN 1001-6538.

[Hilton_and_Forey_2009-3] Hilton, Eric J.; Forey, Peter L. (2009). "Redescription of †Chondrosteus acipenseroides Egerton, 1858 (Acipenseriformes, †Chondrosteidae) from the lower Lias of Lyme Regis (Dorset, England), with comments on the early evolution of sturgeons and paddlefishes". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 7 (4): 427–453. doi:10.1017/S1477201909002740. S2CID 86821521.

[4] Cooper, Samuel L. A. (2024-03-03). "First occurrence of an acipenseriform (Chondrostei: Acipenseriformes) from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 44 (2). doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2407171. ISSN 0272-4634. The oldest supposed acipenseriform, †Eochondrosteus sinensis Lu et al. 2005 from the Lower Triassic of China (originally interpreted as Permian in age by Lu et al. [2005]) is proposed as the earliest-diverging acipenseriform (Lu et al., 2020), although other authors are skeptical about including this taxon within Acipenseriformes (Hilton et al., 2021).

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