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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