Siyuichthyidae

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Siyuichthyidae
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Family: Siyuichthyidae
Su, 1985 [1]

Siyuichthyidae is an extinct family of stem-teleost fish known from the Early Cretaceous Tugulu Group of Xinjiang, China. It contains five genera with a total of nine species, all of which are based on poor remains. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. Su, D (1985). "On Late Mesozoic fish fauna from Xiujiang (Sinkiang), China". Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Academia Sinica. 17: 61–136.
  2. Arratia, G. (2013). "Morphology, taxonomy, and phylogeny of Triassic pholidophorid fishes (Actinopterygii, Teleostei)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (sup1): 1–138. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33S...1A. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.835642. S2CID   86605978.
  3. Averianov, A.; Skutschas, P. (2000). "A eutherian mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Russia and biostratigraphy of the Asian Early Cretaceous vertebrate assemblages". Lethaia. 33 (4): 330–340. doi:10.1080/002411600750053899.
  4. Arratia, G. (2000). "New teleostean fishes from the Jurassic of southern Germany and the systematic problems concerning the 'pholidophoriforms'". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 74 (1–2): 113–143. doi:10.1007/BF02987957. S2CID   85256810.