Journal of Paleontology; January 2006; v. 80; no. 1;
p. 146-161; DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)080[0146:FFFTLT]2.0.CO;2
© 2006 Paleontological Society
FOSSIL FISHES FROM THE LOWER TRIASSIC OF MAJIASHAN, CHAOHU, ANHUI PROVINCE, CHINA
JINNAN TONG1,
XIUGAO ZHOU1,
DOUGLAS H. ERWIN2,
JINGXUN ZUO1 and
LAISHI ZHAO1
1 GPMR and BGEG Laboratories, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, <jntong{at}cug.edu.cn>,
2 Department of Paleobiology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
The fossils described here were collected from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) at two Majiashan sections in Chaohu City, Anhui Province, East China. Nine species belonging to five genera are introduced, including a new genus, Chaohuichthys, and some undetermined or unnamed fish specimens are discussed. The fish assemblage from Majiashan covers most of the Lower Triassic marine bony fish taxa known from China.
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