Yelangichthys

Yelangichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Anisian age of the Middle Triassic epoch in what is now Guizhou, China. The type and only species, Y. macrocephalus, is known from two specimens, both of which were recovered from the Upper Member of the Guanling Formation.

Yelangichthys
Temporal range: Anisian
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Skull of Yelangichthys
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Saurichthyiformes
Family: Yelangichthyidae
Wu, Chang, Sun & Xu, 2013
Genus: Yelangichthys
Wu, Chang, Sun & Xu, 2013
Species

Y. macrocephalus

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