Chinese scientists discover ray-finned fish fossil 244 mln-year ago
The largest individual fossil specimen of Zhang pteronisculus, a new pteronisculus, ray-finned fishes, is presented by Xu Guanghui, a researcher from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, May 19, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
Chinese scientists discover ray-finned fish fossil 244 mln-year ago (2)
The research team of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by Xu Guanghui, has discovered a new large-scale ancient fish fossil in Luoping, Yunnan. The latest study concludes that the fossil is a new species of the pteronisculus, ray-finned fishes, and is also the largest known backbone ray-finned fish predator in the Luoping biota 244 million years ago.
The largest individual fossil specimen of Zhang pteronisculus, a new pteronisculus, ray-finned fishes, is presented at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, May 19, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
Chinese scientists discover ray-finned fish fossil 244 mln-year ago (3)
The largest individual fossil specimen of Zhang pteronisculus, a new pteronisculus, ray-finned fishes, is presented at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, May 19, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
Chinese scientists discover ray-finned fish fossil 244 mln-year ago (4)
The largest individual fossil specimen of Zhang pteronisculus, a new pteronisculus, ray-finned fishes, is presented by Xu Guanghui, a researcher from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, May 19, 2021. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
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