Guizhouniscus microlepidus Liu 2003 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Full reference: G. B. Liu. 2003. Taxonomic names, in New discovered fishes from Keichousaurus-bearing horizon of Late Triassic in Xingyi of Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 42:346-366

Belongs to Guizhouniscus according to G. B. Liu 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Guizhou Stone Cultural and Artistic Palace 1, a skeleton. Its type locality is Wusha, Xingyi (NIGP collection), which is in a Longobardian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wusha, Xingyi (NIGP collection)

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