Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Full reference: F. Wu, Y. Sun, G. Xu, W. Hao, D. Jiang and Z. Sun. 2011. New Saurichthyid Actinopterygian Fishes from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Southwestern China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3):581-614

Belongs to Sinosaurichthys according to F. Wu et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys), Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys), Saurichthys aculeatus, Saurichthys apicalis, Saurichthys breviabdominalis, Saurichthys calcaratus, Saurichthys curionii, Saurichthys daubreei, Saurichthys dawaziensis, Saurichthys deperditus, Saurichthys dongusensis, Saurichthys eximius, Saurichthys gigas, Saurichthys gracilis, Saurichthys grignae, Saurichthys gypsophilus, Saurichthys hamiltoni, Saurichthys huanshenensis, Saurichthys indicus, Saurichthys irregularis, Saurichthys latifrons, Saurichthys lepidosteoides, Saurichthys longidens, Saurichthys macrocephalus, Saurichthys majiashanensis, Saurichthys nepalensis, Saurichthys obrutchevi, Saurichthys orientalis, Saurichthys parvidens, Saurichthys piveteaui, Saurichthys proximus, Saurichthys sceltrichensis, Saurichthys seefeldensis, Saurichthys semicostatus, Saurichthys spinosa, Saurichthys stensioi, Saurichthys striatulus, Saurichthys striolatus, Saurichthys subulatus, Saurichthys tenuirostris, Saurichthys tertius, Saurichthys ultimus, Saurichthys vjuschkovi, Saurichthys wimani, Saurichthys yangjuanensis, Saurichthys yunnanensis, Sinosaurichthys minuta, Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys) longipectoralis, Systolichthys catalaunicus, Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) chaoi, Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensis, Brevisaurichthys osseus

Type specimen: GMPKU-P1927, a skeleton. Its type locality is Dawazi, above bed D54, Luoping County, which is in a Pelsonian marine limestone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dawazi, above bed D54, Luoping County

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