Saurichthyiformes

Saurichthyiformes; Temporal range: Changhsingian-Aalenian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Life restoration of Saurichthys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	† Saurichthyiformes ; Aldinger, 1937
Families
	† Yelangichthyidae Wu et al., 2013; † Saurichthyidae Owen, 1860;

Last updated January 10, 2024

Morphological comparison of +Saurichthyidae with extant needlefish and flying fish. A. +Sinosaurichthys longipectoralis; B. +Sinosaurichthys longimedialis; C. +Sinosaurichthys minuta; D. +Saurichthys dawaziensis from Middle Triassic of Dawazi Section, Luoping, Yunnan, China (based on Wu et al. 2009). E. Atlantic needlefish Strongylura marina (Family Belonidae). F. Bluntnose flyingfish Prognichthys gibbifrons (Family Exocoetidae). E and F redrawn from images at http://www.fishbase.org/images/species that were originally from Cervigon et al. (1992). Saurichthyids.jpg — Morphological comparison of †Saurichthyidae with extant needlefish and flying fish. A. † *Sinosaurichthys longipectoralis* ; B. † *Sinosaurichthys longimedialis* ; C. † *Sinosaurichthys minuta* ; D. † *Saurichthys dawaziensis* from Middle Triassic of Dawazi Section, Luoping, Yunnan, China (based on Wu et al. 2009). E. Atlantic needlefish *Strongylura marina* (Family Belonidae). F. Bluntnose flyingfish *Prognichthys gibbifrons* (Family Exocoetidae). E and F redrawn from images at http://www.fishbase.org/images/species that were originally from Cervigón et al. (1992).

Saurichthyiformes is an extinct order of ray-finned fish which existed in Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, during the late Permian to early Middle Jurassic.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Saurichthyiiformes comprise two families, Saurichthyidae and Yelangichthyidae. Yelangichthyidae is monotypic, containing only the genus Yelangichthys. The gar or needlefish-like Saurichthyidae is primarily known from the genus Saurichthys. Additionally, the subgenera Saurorhynchus Costasaurichthys , Eosaurichthys , Lepidosaurichthys , and Sinosaurichthys are frequently used to group species, and are sometimes considered separate genera. Species are known from both marine end freshwater deposits. They had their highest diversity during the Early and Middle Triassic.^[5] Their phylogenetic position is uncertain, while they have often been considered members of Chondrostei, and thus related to living sturgeons and paddlefish, phylogenetic analysis of well-preserved remains has considered this relationship equivocal. They may actually belong to the stem-group of Actinopterygii, and thus not closely related to any living group of ray-finned fish.^[6]

Systematics

Order †SaurichthyiformesAldinger, 1937 [Saurichthyida Berg, 1937]^[7]^[8]^[9]
- Family † Saurichthyidae Owen 1860 [Saurichthyoidei Bleeker 1859; Belonorhynchidae Woodward 1888; Saurorhynchidae Jordan, 1905]
  - Genus † Saurichthys Agassiz, 1834 [BelonorhynchusBronn 1858; BrevisaurichthysBeltan 1972; GiffonusCosta 1862; GymnosaurichthysBerg 1940; IchthyorhynchusBellotti 1857; StylorhynchusMartin 1873, non Lesson 1847, non Stein 1848; SystolichthysBeltan 1972]
    - †Saurichthys apicalisAgassiz 1834 (type species)
    - †Saurichthys breviabdominalisMaxwell et al. 2015^[10]
    - †Saurichthys curionii(Bellotti 1857)
    - †Saurichthys daubreeiFirtion 1934
    - †Saurichthys dawaziensisWu et al. 2009
    - †Saurichthys dianneaeMaxwell et al. 2016
    - †Saurichthys dongusensisMinich 1992
    - †Saurichthys eximiusMinikh 1982
    - †Saurichthys gigas(Woodward 1890), non von Quenstedt 1858
    - †Saurichthys gracilis(Woodward 1890)
    - †Saurichthys grignaeTintori 2013
    - †Saurichthys gypsophilusReis 1892
    - †Saurichthys hamiltoniStensiö 1925
    - †Saurichthys hoffmanniWerneburg et al. 2014
    - †Saurichthys huanshenensisChou & Liu 1957
    - †Saurichthys irregularisOertle 1928
    - †Saurichthys latifronsEck 1865
    - †Saurichthys lepidosteoidesFrech 1903
    - †Saurichthys macrocephalus(Deecke 1889)
    - †Saurichthys majiashanensisTintori et al. 2014
    - †Saurichthys minimahleriWerneburg et al. 2014
    - †Saurichthys nepalensisBeltan & Janvier 1978
    - †Saurichthys obrutcheviMinich 1981
    - †Saurichthys orientalisSytchevskaya 1999
    - †Saurichthys parvidensWade 1935
    - †Saurichthys piveteauiBeltan 1968
    - †Saurichthys proximusMinich 1981
    - †Saurichthys rieppeliMaxwell et al. 2015^[10]
    - †Saurichthys sceltrichensisRenesto et al. 2021^[11]
    - †Saurichthys seefeldensisKner 1867
    - †Saurichthys spinosaWu et al. 2018^[12]
    - †Saurichthys stensioiLehman 1952
    - †Saurichthys suiFang & Wu 2022^[13]
    - †Saurichthys tenuirostrisMünster 1839^[14]
    - †Saurichthys tertiusMinich 1982
    - †Saurichthys ultimusMinikh 1992
    - †Saurichthys vjuschkoviMinikh 1983
    - †Saurichthys yangjuanensisWu et al. 2015
    - †Saurichthys yunnanensisZhang, Zhou, Lu & Bai 2010
  - Subgenus † Costasaurichthys Tintori, 2013^[15]
    - †Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) costasquamosusRieppel 1985 (type species)
    - †Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) paucitrichusRieppel 1992
  - Subgenus † Eosaurichthys Liu & Wei, 1988
    - †Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) chaoi(Liu and Wei 1988) (type species)
    - †Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensisPiveteau 1945^[16]
  - Subgenus † Lepidosaurichthys Tintori, 2013^[15]
    - †Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) dayi(Raymond 1925) (type species)
    - †Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatusStensiö 1925
    - †Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatusStensiö 1925
    - †Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) toxolepisMutter et al. 2008
    - †Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) wimani(Woodward 1912)^[17]
  - Subgenus † Sinosaurichthys Wu et al., 2010 ^[1]
    - †Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys) longipectoralis Wu et al. 2009 (type species)
    - †Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys) longimedialis Wu et al. 2009
    - †Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys) minuta Wu et al. 2009
  - Genus † Saurorhynchus Reis, 1892 [AcidorhynchusStensiö, 1925]^[18]
    - †Saurichthys (Saurorhynchus) calcaratusGriffith 1977^[19]
    - †Saurichthys (Saurorhynchus) deperditus(Costa 1862)
    - †Saurichthys (Saurorhynchus) striolatusBronn 1858^[19]
    - †Saurorhynchus acutus(Agassiz 1844) (type species)
    - †Saurorhynchus anningaeMaxwell & Stumpf 2017
    - †Saurorhynchus brevirostris(Woodward 1895)
    - †Saurorhynchus hauffiMaxwell & Stumpf 2017
- Family † Yelangichthyidae Wu et al., 2013
  - Genus † Yelangichthys Wu et al., 2013
    - †Yelangichthys macrocephalusWu et al., 2013 (type species)

Phylogeny

Modified from Maxwell et al.^[20] (also see Renesto et al.,^[21] Argyriou et al.^[6] and Gardiner et al.^[22])

† Birgeria

†Saurichthyiformes

†Yelangichthyidae

†Saurichthyiidae

† Eosaurichthys

† Lepidosaurichthys

†Saurichthys rieppeli

†Saurichthys dawaziensis

†Saurichthys grignae

† Sinosaurichthys

†S. minuta

	†S. longimedialis

	†S. longipectoralis

† Costasaurichthys

	†C. costasquamosus

	†C. paucitrichius

†Saurichthys macrocephalus

†Saurichthys curionii

† Saurorhynchus

†S. brevirostris

	†S. calcaratus

	†S. deperditus

	†S. striolatus

Timeline of genera

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1 2 Discovery of two new species of primitive fishes
↑ Silvio Renesto; Fabio Magnani; Rudolf Stockar (2021). "A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichtydae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 127 (1): 49–71. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/15143.
↑ Fei-Xiang Wu; Yuan-Lin Sun; Geng-Yu Fang (2018). "A new species of Saurichthys from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of southwestern China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 56 (4): 273–294. doi:10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.171023.
↑ Fang, G., Wu, F.X. (2022). "The predatory fish Saurichthys reflects a complex underwater ecosystem of the Late Triassic Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China". Historical Biology. 35 (8): 1–11. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2098023. S2CID 250567176.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Fossilworks: Saurichthys Agassiz 1843
1 2 Tintori, Andrea (2013). "A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic (early Ladinian) of the northern Grigna Mountain (Lombardy, Italy)". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 119 (3): 287–302. doi: 10.13130/2039-4942/6041 .
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[Wuetal2010-1] 1 2 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. S2CID 54877125.

[Stensiö1925-2] Stensiö, E. (1925). "Triassic Fishes from Spitzebergen, Part II". Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlinga. 2: 1–126.

[Cartanyà-3] Cartanyà, J., ed. (1999). An overview of the Middle Triassic actinopterygians from Alcover, Mont-ral and El Pinetell (Catalonia, Spain). In: G. Arratia and H. P. Schultze (eds.) Mesozoic Fishes 2—Systematics and Fossil Record: Verlag Dr. F. Pfeil, München. pp. 535–551.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[4] Maxwell, E.E. (2016): First Middle Jurassic record of Saurichthyidae (Actinopterygii). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 90:287-291 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-015-0281-5

[5] Romano C., Kogan I., Jenks J., Jerjen I., Brinkmann W. (2012). "Saurichthys and other fossil fishes from the late Smithian (Early Triassic) of Bear Lake County (Idaho, USA), with a discussion of saurichthyid palaeogeography and evolution" (PDF). Bulletin of Geosciences. 87: 543–570. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1337.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Argyriou2018-6] 1 2 Argyriou, Thodoris; Giles, Sam; Friedman, Matt; Romano, Carlo; Kogan, Ilja; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R. (December 2018). "Internal cranial anatomy of Early Triassic species of †Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: †Saurichthyiformes): implications for the phylogenetic placement of †saurichthyiforms". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18 (1): 161. Bibcode:2018BMCEE..18..161A. doi: 10.1186/s12862-018-1264-4 . ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 6211452 . PMID 30382811.

[mikko-7] Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "†Saurichthyiformes". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.

[Nelson-8] Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.

[van_der_Laan-9] van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-06.

[sciencedaily.com-10] 1 2 Discovery of two new species of primitive fishes

[11] Silvio Renesto; Fabio Magnani; Rudolf Stockar (2021). "A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichtydae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 127 (1): 49–71. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/15143.

[12] Fei-Xiang Wu; Yuan-Lin Sun; Geng-Yu Fang (2018). "A new species of Saurichthys from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of southwestern China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 56 (4): 273–294. doi:10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.171023.

[Fang&Wu2022-13] Fang, G., Wu, F.X. (2022). "The predatory fish Saurichthys reflects a complex underwater ecosystem of the Late Triassic Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China". Historical Biology. 35 (8): 1–11. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2098023. S2CID 250567176.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[14] Fossilworks: Saurichthys Agassiz 1843

[Tintori2013-15] 1 2 Tintori, Andrea (2013). "A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic (early Ladinian) of the northern Grigna Mountain (Lombardy, Italy)". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 119 (3): 287–302. doi: 10.13130/2039-4942/6041 .

[16] Kogan , Romano (2016). "Redescription of Saurichthys madagascariensis Piveteau, 1945 (Actinopterygii, Early Triassic), with implications for the early saurichthyid morphotype". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (4): e1151886. Bibcode:2016JVPal..36E1886K. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1151886. S2CID 87234436.

[Kogan&Romano2016-17] Kogan, Ilja; Romano, Carlo (2016). "A new postcranium of Saurichthys from the Early Triassic of Spitsbergen" (PDF). Freiberger Forschungshefte C (Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies 23). 550: 205–221. ISBN 9783860125526.

[18] Kogan, I. (2016): Acidorhynchus Stensiö, 1925 or Saurorhynchus Reis, 1892: how to call the Jurassic saurichthyid? Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen 279:123-126 https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2016/0545

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Saurichthyiformes Temporal range: Changhsingian-Aalenian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Life restoration of Saurichthys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	† Saurichthyiformes Aldinger, 1937
Families
† Yelangichthyidae Wu et al., 2013 † Saurichthyidae Owen, 1860