Eosaurichthys

Eosaurichthys Temporal range: Changhsingian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Saurichthyiformes
Family:	†Saurichthyidae
Genus:	†Eosaurichthys Liu and Wei, 1988
Species:	†E. chaoi
Binomial name
†Eosaurichthys chaoi Liu and Wei, 1988

Eosaurichthys is an extinct genus of saurichthyid ray-finned fish that lived during the late Permian epoch (Changhsingian age) in what is now China.[1]

Taxonomy

Eosaurichthys is often treated as a subgenus of Saurichthys rather than a genus, with its type species referred to as Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) chaoi.[2] The Early Triassic species Saurichthys madagascariensis has been referred to this subgenus as Saurichthys (Eoaurichthys) madagascariensis.[3][4]

Appearance

Eosaurichthys closely resembles its daughter genus, Saurichthys, in both form and morphology. Its body is fully covered by scales, while in Saurichthys the scale cover is reduced.[2][5]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
2. Tintori, Andrea (2013). "A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic (early Ladinian) of the northern Grigna Mountain (Lombardy, Italy)". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 119 (3): 287–302. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/6041.
3. Maxwell, E.E.; Romano, C. & Wu, F.-X. (2021). "Regional disparity in the axial skeleton of Saurichthyidae and implications for axial regionalization in non‐teleostean actinopterygians". Journal of Zoology. 315: 29–41. doi:10.1111/jzo.12878.
4. Silvio Renesto; Fabio Magnani; Rudolf Stockar (2021). "A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichtydae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 127 (1): 49–71. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/15143.
5. Romano C., Kogan I., Jenks J., Jerjen I., Brinkmann W. (2012). "Saurichthys and other fossil fishes from the late Smithian (Early Triassic) of Bear Lake County (Idaho, USA), with a discussion of saurichthyid palaeogeography and evolution" (PDF). Bulletin of Geosciences. 87: 543–570. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1337.