Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Full reference: G. H. Xu, C. C. Shen, and L. J. Zhao. 2014. Pteronisculus nielseni sp. nov., a new stem-actinopteran fish from the Middle Triassic of Luoping, Yunnan Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52:364-380
Belongs to Pteronisculus according to G. H. Xu et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Pteronisculus aldingeri, Pteronisculus arambourgi, Pteronisculus arcticus, Pteronisculus broughi, Pteronisculus changae, Pteronisculus cicatrosus, Pteronisculus gunnari, Pteronisculus gyrolepidoides, Pteronisculus laetus, Pteronisculus macropterus, Pteronisculus magna, Pteronisculus meiringi, Pteronisculus nevadanus, Pteronisculus stensioi
Type specimen: IVPP V 20000, a skeleton. Its type locality is Luoping biota (IVPP collection), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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