云南罗平地区中三叠世龙鱼化石的发现

Discovery of Middle Triassic Saurichthys in the Luoping area, Yunnan, China

摘要: 记述了龙鱼属一新种，即云南龙鱼Saurichthys yunnanensis sp. nov.。该种以具有长椭圆形的鳃盖骨、躯干部披6列鳞片为特征与其他种区别。化石产于云南省罗平县大凹子村中三叠世安尼期关岭组中。

Abstract: Saurichthys yunnanensis sp. nov, a new species of Saurichthyidae, is described in this paper. The new species differs from other species of this genus in long and elliptical opercular and the presence of 6 rows of trunk scales. Those fossils come from the Guanling Formation, Ainsian Stage, Middle Triassic in Da'aozi Village, Luoping County, Yunnan Province.