Lycoptera sinensis Woodward 1901 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636

Belongs to Lycoptera according to Z. -H. Zhou and Y. Wang 2010

Sister taxa: Lycoptera davidi, Lycoptera fuxinensis, Lycoptera middendorffi, Lycoptera muroii, Lycoptera sankeyushuensis, Lycoptera tokunagai

Type specimen: BMNH P7358, a skeleton

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lycoptera sinensis in the database

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