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Fossil fishes from the Lower Triassic of Majiashan, Chaohu, Anhui Province, China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Jinnan Tong
Affiliation:
GPMR and BGEG Laboratories, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074,
Xiugao Zhou
Affiliation:
GPMR and BGEG Laboratories, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074,
Douglas H. Erwin
Affiliation:
Department of Paleobiology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
Jingxun Zuo
Affiliation:
GPMR and BGEG Laboratories, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074,
Laishi Zhao
Affiliation:
GPMR and BGEG Laboratories, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074,

Abstract

The fossils described here were collected from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) at two Majiashan sections in Chaohu City, Anhui Province, East China. Nine species belonging to five genera are introduced, including a new genus, Chaohuichthys, and some undetermined or unnamed fish specimens are discussed. The fish assemblage from Majiashan covers most of the Lower Triassic marine bony fish taxa known from China.

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