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  • Sinosaurichthys minuta WU et al, 2011

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    Taxonomy

    Lizard fish

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Saurichthyiformes Aldinger 1937
    Family: Saurichthyidae Stensiö, 1925
    Genus: Sinosaurichthys
    Species: Sinosaurichthys minuta
    Author Citation WU et al, 2011

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Triassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Middle
    International Age: Anisian, Pelsonian

    Stratigraphy

    Guanling Formation
    Member II

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 7 cm

    Location

    Daaozi, Luoxiong
    Luoping County
    Yunnan Province
    China

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    References:

    F. Wu, Y. Sun, G. Xu, W. Hao, D. Jiang and Z. Sun (2011) New Saurichthyid Actinopterygian Fishes from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Southwestern China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3):581-614

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    RJB

    Hate the prep jop on this, but what a really cool fish!!! 

     

    RB

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    3 hours ago, RJB said:

    Hate the prep jop on this, but what a really cool fish!!! 

     

    RB

     

    Yeah,  but not quite as bad as normal when the fish are 'prepared' with a grinding wheel. If I go over there with the sandblaster it will look much better. I might even prep the fish from the other side.

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