Tienshaniscus
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Extinct genus of fishes
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
| Genus: | †Tienshaniscus Liu & Wang, 1978 |
| Species: | †T. longipterus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tienshaniscus longipterus Liu & Wang, 1978 | |
Tienshaniscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Lopingian (late Permian) epoch in what is now Xinjiang, China.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ↑ Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
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