†Changxingia aspratilis Wang and Liu 1981 (coelacanth)
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Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Full reference: N. Wang and H. Liu. 1981. Coelacanth fishes from the Marine Permian of Zhejiang, South China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19(4):305-312
Belongs to Changxingia according to N. Wang and H. Liu 1981
See also Forey 1998 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxon: Changxingia weii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Southern Slopes of Tameishan, Changxing District, which is in a Changhsingian marine lime mudstone in the Changxing Formation of China
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Southern Slopes of Tameishan, Changxing District
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