AN OVERVIEW OF TRIASSIC FISHES FROM CHINA

作者：Jin Fan · 发表于：Gujizhui dongwu xuebao · 年份：2006 · 被引用次数：27 · 研究领域：Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology、Geological and Geophysical Studies、Evolution and Paleontology Studies

The Triassic fishes are widely distributed in China.The freshwater ichthyofaunas mainly from northern China are characterized by primitive actinopterygians,and they are closest to those from Siberia and Middle Asia,and also contain some forms similar to the fishes from other regions of Laurasia and the Gondwanan continents.Most of the known fishes from the Ordos Basin are possibly of marine.The marine ichthyofaunas from southern China are characterized hy“subholosteans”,and include the mod- ern groups of halecomorphs and the basal forms of teleosts.The Middle-Late Triassic marine fish fauna is much more diversified than the Early Triassic one,and is closely related with the ichthyofaunas in west- crn Tethys.The Lower Yangtze region of South China is probably the cradle of some Triassic fish groups, e.g.Saurichthyidae.The Triassic fishes in China still await comprehensive investigations.