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Wayaobulepis
Taxonomy
Wayaobulepis was named by Su (1999). Its type is Wayaobulepis zichangensis.
It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Su (1999).
It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Su (1999).
Species
W. zichangensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Wayaobulepis Su pp. 263-264 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D.-Z. Su 1999 | Body usually large, elongate-fusiform. Head moderate, snout relatively acute. Orbits large and anteriorly placed. Preoperculum and suspensorium very oblique. Mouth gap very deep. Maxilla and mandibula rather long, posterior part of the former very enlarged, and the latter without coronoid process. Operculum very large, much larger than suboperculum. Pelvic fins short-based. Dorsal fin long-based, its posterior part opposite to the space between the pelvic and anal fins, having two rows of the fin-supports (radialia). Caudal fin most probably heterocercal. The rays of all the fins (except pectoral fins unknown) closely segmented throughout, with longitudinal ridges covered with enameloid. Basal fulcra and fringing fulcra ar least present on the dorsal, pelvic, anal, and caudal fins. Scales rhombic and small, with numerous and oblique ridges covered with enameloid; their posterior edges usually pectinated; Peg-and-socket articulation well developed. Dorsal ridge-scales present on the whole dorsal edge. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Triassic | China (Shaanxi) | W. zichangensis (121284) |