Peipiaosteus
| Peipiaosteus Temporal range:
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| Peipiaosteus pani prepared by Fossil Shack | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acipenseriformes |
| Family: | †Peipiaosteidae |
| Genus: | †Peipiaosteus Liu & Zhou, 1965 |
| Type species | |
| †Peipiaosteus pani Liu & Zhou, 1965
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MHNT
), a close relative of PeipiaosteusPeipiaosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric chondrostean ray-finned fish. Its fossils are found in the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation, Pani Lake, Liaoning Province, China.[1][2][3]
Peipiaosteus belongs to the
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Liu, H. T. and Zhou, J . J. 1965. A new sturgeon from the Upper Jurassic of Liaoning, North China. - Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 9, 3, 237-247. In Chinese with English abstract
- ^ Zhou, Zhonghe (1992). "Review on Peipiaosteus based on new material of P. pani". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 30: 85–101.
- S2CID 24961905.
- S2CID 225158727.