Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Alternative combination: Sinosaurichthys longipectoralis

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 Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys) according to A. Tintori 2013

See also Wu et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Sinosaurichthys longimedialis, Sinosaurichthys minuta

Type specimen: GMPKU-P1233, a skeleton. Its type locality is Yangjuan Village, bed Y12, Panxian County, which is in a Pelsonian marine limestone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yangjuan Village, bed Y12, Panxian County

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.