A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS <em>COLOBODUS</em> AGASSIZ, 1844 (OSTEICHTHYES, ACTINOPTERYGII) FROM THE PELSONIAN (ANISIAN, MIDDLE TRIASSIC)OF GUIZHOU, SOUTH CHINA

A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS <em>COLOBODUS</em> AGASSIZ, 1844 (OSTEICHTHYES, ACTINOPTERYGII) FROM THE PELSONIAN (ANISIAN, MIDDLE TRIASSIC)OF GUIZHOU, SOUTH CHINA

Eight almost complete medium-large sized (about 33 cm in s.l.) fossil fishes, belonging to the family Colobodontidae, are described from the Pelsonian (Anisian, Middle Triassic) of South China. Their cranial and postcranial features fit those of the genus Colobodus Agassiz, 1844 from the western Tet...

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Main Authors: SUN ZUOYU, ANDREA TINTORI, CRISTINA LOMBARDO, JIANG DAYONG, HAO WEICHENG, SUN YUANLIN, WU FEIXIANG, MARCO RUSCONI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2008-11-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
New taxon
Actinopterygians
Perleidiformes
Colobodus
Middle Triassic
Pelsonian
South China
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/5908

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