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Wushaichthys exquisitus
Taxonomy
Wushaichthys exquisitus was named by Xu et al. (2015). Its type specimen is IVPP V19959, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Wusha, Xingyi (IVPP collection), which is in a Longobardian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China. It is the type species of Wushaichthys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Wushaichthys exquisitus Xu et al. p. 2 fig. 1,2 |
| 2022 | Wushaichthys exquisitus Shen and Arratia p. 1327 figs. 8-15 |
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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.
†Wushaichthys exquisitus Xu et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Longobardian | China (Guizhou) | Wushaichthys exquisitus (type locality: 98907 164947) |