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Vertebrata Palasiatica ›› 1993, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (04): 304-307.

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FIRST DISCOVERY OF MIDDLE DEVONIAN GALEASPIDS IN CHINA

Pan Jiang, Ji Shu'an   

  • Online:1993-12-15 Published:1993-12-15

中泥盆世盔甲鱼类在中国的首次发现

潘江, 姬书安   

Abstract: A new galeaspid genus, which has been excavated from Bobai, southeastern Guangxi, is described in the present paper. The fossil-bearing strata consist mainly of pale silty mudstone and greyish sandstone, yielding abundant fishes (Guangsipetalichthys bobaiensis, Bothriolepis sp., Hunanolepis tieni, sinolepids, sarcopterygians,etc.)and some invertebrates. According to the associated placoderms, the new galeaspid is regarded as Middle Devonian in age. It is the first convincing record of the Middle Devonian galeaspids in China, thus has an important biostratigraphic and biogeographic significance.