LOUWOICHTHYIDAE, Xu, 2021

Xu, Guang-Hui, 2021, A new stem-neopterygian fish from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of Yunnan, China, with a reassessment of the relationships of early neopterygian clades, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191, pp. 375-394 : 377

LOUWOICHTHYIDAE FAM. NOV.

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Diagnosis: A family of Louwoichthyiformes distinguished from other members of this clade by the following combination of features: presence of four supraorbitals; single suborbital, as deep as dermosphenotic; teeth on both jaws prominently long, pointed and slightly curved (*); and premaxillae small, each bearing only one or two marginal teeth (*).

C o n t e n t: C t e n o g n a t h i c h t h y s B ü r g i n, 1 9 9 2, Luopingichthys Sun et al., 2009 and Louwoichthys .

Type genus: Louwoichthys .

Geographical distribution and age: Luoping and Luxi, Yunnan, China ; Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland ; Perledo, Italy ; Pelsonian (Anisian) to Ladinian , Middle Triassic .