A deep-bodied ginglymodian fish from the Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, China, and the phylogeny of lower neopterygians

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	A deep-bodied ginglymodian fish from the Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, China, and the phylogeny of lower neopterygians
	Xu GuangHui; Wu FeiXiang
	2012
发表期刊	CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
卷号	57 期号:1 页码:111-118
文章类型	Article
摘要	The Ginglymodi are a group of ray-finned fishes that make up one of three major subdivisions of the infraclass Neopterygii. Extant ginglymodians are represented by gars, which inhabit freshwater environments of North and Central America and Cuba. Here, we report the discovery of well-preserved fossils of a new ginglymodian, Kyphosichthys grandei gen. et sp. nov., from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) marine deposits (Guanling Formation) in Luoping, eastern Yunnan Province, China. The discovery documents the first known fossil record of highly deep-bodied ginglymodians, adding new information on the early morphological diversity of this group. The studies of functional morphology of extant deep-bodied fishes indicate that Kyphosichthys is not a fast swimmer but has a good performance in precise maneuvering, representing a morphological adaptation to structurally complex habitats (e.g. thick macrophyte beds, rocky areas, or coral reefs), which differs from the other members of this group. A cladistic analysis with the new fish taxon included supports the hypothesis that the Ginglymodi are more closely related to the Halecomorphi than to the Teleostei. Represented by Felberia, Kyphosichthys, and Dapedium, a highly deep and short fish body type has independently evolved at least three times in the stem-group neopterygians, ginglymodians, and basal teleosts within the lower neopterygians of the Triassic.
关键词	Deep-bodied Fish Osteology Semionotidae Ginglymodi Holostei
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
关键词[WOS]	SOUTH CHINA ; ACTINOPTERYGIAN FISHES ; INTERRELATIONSHIPS ; OSTEICHTHYES ; EVOLUTION
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000298801500016
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7208
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xu GuangHui,Wu FeiXiang. A deep-bodied ginglymodian fish from the Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, China, and the phylogeny of lower neopterygians[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2012,57(1):111-118.
APA	Xu GuangHui,&Wu FeiXiang.(2012).A deep-bodied ginglymodian fish from the Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, China, and the phylogeny of lower neopterygians.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,57(1),111-118.
MLA	Xu GuangHui,et al."A deep-bodied ginglymodian fish from the Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, China, and the phylogeny of lower neopterygians".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 57.1(2012):111-118.