Malingichthys wanfenglinensis
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
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Ordo: †Pholidophoriformes
Familia: †Pholidophoridae
Genus: †Malingichthys
Species: †Malingichthys wanfenglinensis
Name
edit†Malingichthys wanfenglinensis Tintori et al., 2015
- Holotype (unique): GMPKU-P 3181
Type locality: Nimaigu village, Wusha District, Xingyi City, Guizhou Province, China.
Etymology: From Wanfenglin, translated as "Forest of Ten Thousand peaks", a karst region near Xingyi City characterised by pointed rocky hills giving rise to a toothed skyline, remembering the teeth of this species.
References
edit- Tintori, A., Sun, Z., Ni, P., Lombardo, C., Jiang, D. & Motani, R., 2015: Oldest stem Teleostei from the late Ladinian (Middle Triassic) of Southern China. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 121 (3): 285–296. DOI: 10.13130/2039-4942/6519 Reference page.