Guiclupea superstes, gen. et sp. nov., the youngest ellimmichthyiform (clupeomorph) fish to date from the Oligocene of South China

Guiclupea superstes, gen. et sp. nov., the youngest ellimmichthyiform (clupeomorph) fish to date from the Oligocene of South China

A new ellimmichthyiform, Guiclupea superstes, gen. et sp. nov., from the Oligocene Ningming Formation of Ningming Basin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, South China is described herein. With relatively large body size, parietals meeting at the midline, anterior ceratohyal with a beryciform foramen...

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Main Authors: Gengjiao Chen, Mee-mann Chang, Feixiang Wu, Xiaowen Liao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-06-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Ellimmichthyiforms
Oligocene
Southern China
Phylogeny
Paleobiology
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/11418.pdf

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