Luoping biota (IVPP collection): Pelsonian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ionoscopiformes
Robustichthys luopingensis n. gen., n. sp. Xu et al. 2014
Xu et al. 2014 15 specimens
IVPP V18568, V18569-18573; V20414-20149 and 20594-20596 in Xu, 2019
Ionoscopiformes - Subortichthyidae
Subortichthys triassicus n. gen., n. sp. Ma and Xu 2017
Ma and Xu 2017 6 specimens
IVPP V20051, 19003, 20052, 20680, 22950, 22951
Actinopteri - Kyphosichthyiformes - Kyphosichthyidae
Kyphosichthys grandei n. gen., n. sp. Xu and Wu 2012
2 specimens
IVPP V10108, 10109
Actinopteri - Kyphosichthyiformes - Lashanichthyidae
Yudaiichthys eximius n. gen., n. sp. Xu et al. 2019
Xu et al. 2019 4 specimens
IVPP V 20431, 20432, 20433, 20434
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Feroxichthys yunnanensis n. gen., n. sp. Xu 2020
Xu 2020 1 specimen
IVPP V 25692
Actinopteri - Louwoichthyiformes - Peltoperleididae
Peltoperleidus asiaticus n. sp. Xu 2021
Xu 2021 3 specimens
IVPP V22942, 25694, 25695
Actinopteri - Louwoichthyiformes - Louwoichthyidae
Louwoichthys pusillus n. gen., n. sp. Xu 2020
Xu 2020 12 specimens
IVPP V 20421, 20422-20425, 22943, 22944, 22946, 22947, 22956-22958
Actinopteri
Venusichthys comptus n. gen., n. sp. Xu and Zhao 2016
Xu and Zhao 2016 29 specimens
recombined as Placopleurus comptus
IVPP V20010, 20011-20034, 20055-20058
Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae
Peltopleurus nitidus n. sp. Xu and Ma 2016
Xu and Ma 2016 11 specimens
IVPP V20400, V20401-20410
Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Pteronisculus nielseni n. sp. Xu et al. 2014
Xu et al. 2014 10 specimens
IVPP V20000, 20001-20009
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Yunnan
Coordinates: 24.7° North, 104.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.8° North, 94.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Pelsonian Conodont zone: Nicoraella kockeli
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Guanling
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Middle part of Member II
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified muddy lime mudstone
Lithology description: Thin-bedded marly limestone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Metadata
Database number:156671
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-05-28 10:07:57 Last modified:2021-10-01 23:06:09
Access level:the public Released:2014-05-28 10:07:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

39526. 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 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

62866 X. Y. Ma and G. H. Xu. 2017. A new ionoscopiform fish (Holostei: Halecomorphi) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of Yunnan, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 55:162-176 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
78256 G. H. Xu. 2019. Osteology and phylogeny of Robustichthys luopingensis, the largest holostean fish in the Middle Triassic. PeerJ 7(e7184) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
74138 G. H. Xu. 2020. Feroxichthys yunnanensis gen. et sp. nov. (Colobodontidae, Neopterygii), a large durophagous predator from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Luoping Biota, eastern Yunnan, China. PeerJ 8(e10229) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
78255 G. H. Xu. 2020. A new stem-neopterygian fish from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of Yunnan, China, with a reassessment of the relationships of early neopterygian clades. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191:375-394 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
78254 G. H. Xu. 2021. The oldest species of Peltoperleidus (Louwoichthyiformes, Neopterygii) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of China, with phylogenetic and biogeographic implications. PeerJ 9(e12225) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
65611 G. H. Xu and X. Y. Ma. 2016. A Middle Triassic stem-neopterygian fish from China sheds new light on the peltopleuriform phylogeny and internal fertilization. Science Bulletin 61:1766-1774 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
70359 G. H. Xu, X. Y. Ma, F. X. Wu and Y. Ren. 2019. A Middle Triassic kyphosichthyiform from Yunnan, China, and phylogenetic reassessment of early ginglymodians. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 57:181-204 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53531 G. H. Xu, C. C. Shen, and L. J. Zhao. 2014. Pteronisculus nielseni sp. nov., a new stem-actinopteran fish from the Middle Triassic of Luoping, Yunnan Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52:364-380 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51364 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]
60439 G. H. Xu and L. J. Zhao. 2016. A Middle Triassic stem-neopterygian fish from China shows remarkable secondary sexual characteristics. Science Bulletin 61:338-344 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]