Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Ordo: †Palaeonisciformes
Subordo: †Platysomoidei
Genus: †Ningxiaplatysomus

Species: †Ningxiaplatysomus parvus

Name

†Ningxiaplatysomus parvus Tan et al., 2015

  • Holotype: GMC V2445 a, b, nearly complete specimen with its counterpart.
  • Paratype: GMC V2446, half complete specimen, only the latter half body and few pectoral bones preserved.

Horizon and Locality: Upper part of Tupo Formation (about Namurian C in age), Upper Carboniferous, Zhongwei of Ningxia, China.

Etymology: From Latin word parvus, meaning small sized.

References

  • Tan, K., Wang, X. & Lu, L.-w. 2015. A new Carboniferous platysomoid fish from Ningxia, Northwest China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 54(2): 174–183. Abstract Reference page. 
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