Luganoia fortuna Xu 2020 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Luganoiiformes - Luganoiidae

Full reference: G. H. Xu. 2020. A new species of Luganoia (Luganoiidae, Neopterygii) from the Middle Triassic Xingyi biota, Guizhou, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 58:267-282

Belongs to Luganoia according to G. H. Xu 2020

Sister taxon: Luganoia lepidosteoides

Type specimen: IVPP V 25693, a skeleton. Its type locality is Xiemi, Wusha, Xingyi, which is in a Longobardian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xiemi, Wusha, Xingyi

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