Fukangichthys

Fukangichthys Temporal range: Anisian [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	† Scanilepiformes
Genus:	† Fukangichthys Su, 1978
Species:	†F. longidorsalis
Binomial name
†Fukangichthys longidorsalis Su, 1978

Fukangichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch. ^[1] It contains a single species, F. longidorsalis from the Anisian-aged Kelamayi Formation of Xinjiang, China. It is a member of the Scanilepiformes, a group of basal ray-finned fish that were previously placed in the Neopterygii, but are now generally thought to be cladistians related to the modern bichirs. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. Xu, Guang-Hui; Gao, Ke-Qin; Finarelli, John A. (2014-06-07). "A revision of the Middle Triassic scanilepiform fish Fukangichthys longidorsalis from Xinjiang, China, with comments on the phylogeny of the Actinopteri". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (4): 747–759. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.837053. ISSN   0272-4634.
3. Xu, Guang-Hui; Gao, Ke-Qin (2011). "A new scanilepiform from the Lower Triassic of northern Gansu Province, China, and phylogenetic relationships of non-teleostean Actinopterygii: EARLY TRIASSIC SCANILEPIFORM FROM CHINA". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (3): 595–612. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00645.x.
4. Giles, Sam; Xu, Guang-Hui; Near, Thomas J.; Friedman, Matt (2017). "Early members of 'living fossil' lineage imply later origin of modern ray-finned fishes". Nature. 549 (7671): 265–268. doi:10.1038/nature23654. ISSN   1476-4687.