Sinosaurichthys minuta Wu et al. 2011 (ray-finned fish)

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 (Sinosaurichthys) longipectoralis, Sinosaurichthys longimedialis

Type specimen: GMPKU-P1955, a skeleton. Its type locality is Dawazi, bed D37, Luoping County, which is in a Pelsonian marine limestone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dawazi, bed D37, Luoping County

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