Beishanichthys brevicaudalis Xu and Gao 2011 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scanilepiformes

Full reference: G. H. Xu and K. Q. Gao. 2011. A new scanilepiform from the Lower Triassic of northern Gansu Province, China, and phylogenetic relationships of non-teleostean Actinopterygii. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161:595-612

Belongs to Beishanichthys according to G. H. Xu and K. Q. Gao 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PKUP V4881, a skeleton (laterally compressed specimen, pectoral fins missing). Its type locality is Beishan Hills, Quarry 3, Subei County, which is in an Olenekian lacustrine shale in the Hongyanjing Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Beishan Hills, Quarry 3, Subei County

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