Peipiaosteus

Peipiaosteus
	Yanosteus longidorsalis MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Infraphylum:	Gnathostomata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Family:	Peipiaosteidae
Genus:	Peipiaosteus; Liu & Zhou, 1965
species
	Peipiaosteus fengningensis Bai Yongjun, 1983; Peipiaosteus pani Liu & Zhou 1965 (type species);

Peipiaosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish, closely related to living sturgeon and paddlefish. Its fossils are found in the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation, Pani Lake, Liaoning Province, China.^[1]^[2]

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. - Vertebr. PalAsiat., 9, 3, 237-247. In Chinese with English abstract

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