A new specimen of Birgeria liui (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Longobardian (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Xingyi, Guizhou Province, South China

Authors

  • Ni Peigang Laboratory of Orogenic Belt and Crustal Evolution, Ministry of Education, and Department of Geology and Geological Museum, Peking University, Yiheyuan Street 5, Beijing 100871, China
  • Andrea Tintori TRIASSICA, Institute for Triassic Fossil Lagerstätten, Perledo 23828, Italy
  • Sun Zuoyu State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Science), Nanjing 210008, China
  • Jiang Dayong State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Science), Nanjing 210008, China

Keywords:

Birgeria liui, Actinopterygii, Middle Triassic, South China

Abstract

Birgeria was one of the largest carnivorous ishes from the Triassic, spanning almost the entire period and, with an almost cosmopolitan distribution. Birgeria liui was originally described based on the incomplete holotype from the Middle Triassic marine Falang Formation of Changdi, Yunnan province, South China, which lacks the skull and anterior part of the body. Herein, we describe a new well preserved specimen of B. liui from the early Late Ladinian of South China. The description of the new material presents previously unknown anatomical information, which substantially enhances our understanding of B. liui.

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