Luoping biota (ZMNH collection) (Triassic of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (24.7° N, 104.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 94.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nicoraella kockeli conodont zone, Guanling Formation, Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Middle part of Member II

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, muddy lime mudstone

• Thin-bedded marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Zhejiang Museum of Natural History

Primary reference: G. H. Xu, L. J. Zhao, and M. I. Coates. 2014. The oldest ionoscopiform from China sheds new light on the early evolution of halecomorph fishes. Biology Letters 10:20140204 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156672: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Ionoscopiformes -
Robustichthys luopingensis
Robustichthys luopingensis Xu et al. 2014 ray-finned fish
ZMNH M1690, 1691
Actinopteri
 Neopterygii -
"Venusichthys comptus" = Placopleurus comptus2
"Venusichthys comptus" = Placopleurus comptus2 Xu and Zhao 2016
ZMNH M1695
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Pteronisculus nielseni1
Pteronisculus nielseni1 Xu et al. 2014
ZMNH M1667, 1668
1Xu et al. 2014; 2Xu and Zhao 2016