Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Full reference: F. Wu, Y. Sun, W. Hao, D. Jiang, and Z. Sun. 2015. A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii; Saurichthyiformes) from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China, with remarks on pattern of the axial skeleton of saurichthyid fishes. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palaeontologie 275:249-267

Belongs to Saurichthys according to F. Wu et al. 2015

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Saurichthys yangjuanensis in the database

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