Kyphosichthys grandei Xu and Wu 2012 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Kyphosichthyiformes - Kyphosichthyidae

Full reference: G. H. Xu and F. X. Wu. 2012. A deep-bodied ginglymodian fish from the Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, China, and the phylogeny of lower neopterygians. Chinese Science Bulletin 57(1):111-118

Belongs to Kyphosichthys according to Z. Y. Sun and P. G. Ni 2017

See also Xu and Wu 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V10108, a skeleton (complete specimen). Its type locality is Luoping biota (IVPP collection), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Ecology: nektobenthic durophage

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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