Wayaobulepis zichangensis Su 1999 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Full reference: D.-Z. Su. 1999. A new palaeoniscoid fish from the Upper Triassic of Zichang, northern Shaanxi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37(4):263-267

Belongs to Wayaobulepis according to D.-Z. Su 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: V 12171, a partial skeleton (Dorsal fin with 30 rays). Its type locality is Tuoerxiang, Zichang, which is in a Triassic fluvial-lacustrine horizon in China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tuoerxiang, Zichang

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