Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Full reference: L. Beltan and P. Janvier. 1978. Un nouveau Saurichthyidae (Pisces, Actinopterygii), Saurichthys nepalensis n. sp. du Trias Inférieure des Annapurnas (Thakkhola, Nepal) et sa significations paléobiogéographique. Cybium 3e Série 2(4):17-28

Belongs to Saurichthys according to L. Beltan and P. Janvier 1978

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 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 longimedialis, Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys) longipectoralis, Sinosaurichthys minuta, Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) chaoi, Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensis, Systolichthys catalaunicus, Brevisaurichthys osseus

Type specimen: MNHN F 1980-5, a partial skull. Its type locality is North of Thini Gaon, which is in an Olenekian marine horizon in the Tamba Kurkur Formation of Nepal.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at North of Thini Gaon

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