Styloichthys changae was named by Zhu and Yu (2002) [A sarcopterygian characterized by relatively large pores (often spoon-shaped and arranged in parallel grooves) on the cosmine surface, a jagged margin between ethmosphenoid and otoccipital shields, an otoccipital with a wide flat ventral surface carrying no vestibular fontanelle, and a lower jaw with a ventrally protruding flange formed by prearticular and meckelian bone. Styloichthys differs from Psarolepis and Achoania in having a lyreshaped trajectory of the supraorbital canal, a fenestra ventralis, small internasal cavities and three coronoids in the lower jaw. Styloichthys differs from tetrapodomorphs and dipnomorphs in having an eyestalk, a slender postorbitial pila, and a cosmine surface with relatively large pores.]. Its type specimen is IVPP V 8142.1, a partial skull (an anterior cranial portion), and it is a 3D body fossil.