Early Silurian chondrichthyans from the Tarim Basin (Xinjiang, China).

The Sinacanthida ordo nov. and Mongolepidida are spine- and scale-based taxa whose remains encompass some of the earliest reported fossils of chondrichthyan fish. Investigation of fragmentary material from the Early Silurian Tataertag and Ymogantau Formations of the Tarim Basin (Xinjiang Uygur Auton...

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Main Authors: Plamen S Andreev, Wenjin Zhao, Nian-Zhong Wang, Moya M Smith, Qiang Li, Xindong Cui, Min Zhu, Ivan J Sansom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228589