Sparalepis Choo et al. 2017 (bony fish)

Osteichthyes

Full reference: B. Choo, M. Zhu, Q. Qu, X. Yu, L. Jia and W. Zhao. 2017. A new osteichthyan from the late Silurian of Yunnan, China. PLOS ONE 12(3):e0170929

Parent taxon: Osteichthyes according to B. Choo et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Actinopterygii, Actinopterygii, Andreolepis, Cephaloxeniformes, Coregonidae, Crenilepis, Cyclotomodon, Dialipiniformes, Discordichthyiformes, Ganoidei, Iniomi, Lophosteus, Naxilepis, Pattonia, Pattonia couttsi, Preophiodon, Tythonichthys, Charitosaurus, Lepidoleprus, Chrondroterygia, Dipneusta, Aspidoganoidei, Hypostomata, Rhytiodus, Malacostomata, Ptilichnus, Otolithopsis, Percidarum, Azygostei, Argentinoideorum, Teleostomata

Subtaxa: Sparalepis tingi

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kuanti Formation, Qujing County, Eastern Yunnan Province (Silurian of China)

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