Youngichthys xinghuainsis Wang and Liu 1981 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Actinistia

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 Youngichthys according to N. Wang and H. Liu 1981

See also Forey 1998 and Schultze 2004

Sister taxa: none

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

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.