Peipiaosteus

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Peipiaosteus
Temporal range: Aptian
Peipiaosteus Pani.jpg
Peipiaosteus pani prepared by Fossil Shack
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Acipenseriformes
Family:
†Peipiaosteidae
Genus:
†Peipiaosteus

Liu & Zhou, 1965
Type species
†Peipiaosteus pani
Liu & Zhou, 1965
Other species
  • †Peipiaosteus fengningensis Bai, 1983
Peipiaosteus pani fossil
Peipiaosteus pani fossil
Fossil of the peipiaosteid (at MHNT), a close relative of Peipiaosteus

Peipiaosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric chondrostean ray-finned fish. Its fossils are found in the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation, Pani Lake, Liaoning Province, China.[1][2][3]

Peipiaosteus belongs to the family Peipiaosteidae, together with the genera , , Stichopterus, and . Peipiaosteidae lived in Asia (China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia) during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous epochs. They are closely related to Chondrosteidae (Early Jurassic, Europe) and to living sturgeon and paddlefish (Acipenseroidei).[4][5]

See also[]

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References[]

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Liu, H. T. and Zhou, J . J. 1965. A new sturgeon from the Upper Jurassic of Liaoning, North China. - Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 9, 3, 237-247. In Chinese with English abstract
  3. ^ Zhou, Zhonghe (1992). "Review on Peipiaosteus based on new material of P. pani". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 30: 85–101.
  4. ^ Bemis, William E.; Findeis, Eric K.; Grande, Lance (1997). "An overview of Acipenseriformes". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 48 (1–4): 25–71. doi:10.1023/A:1007370213924. S2CID 24961905.
  5. ^ Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance; Jin, Fan (2021). "Redescription of †Yanosteus longidorsalis Jin et al., 1995 (Chondrostei, Acipenseriformes, †Peipiaosteidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (1): 170–183. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.80. S2CID 225158727.


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