A basal antiarch (placoderm fish) from the Silurian of Qujing, Yunnan, China

Palaeoworld

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Zhang, Guo Rui ^a   Wang, Shi Tao ^b   Wang, Jun Qing ^a   Wang, Nian Zhong ^a   Zhu, Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antiarcha; China; Phylogeny; Placodermi; Silurian

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SILURIAN;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; QUJIANG; YUNNAN;

ANTIARCHA; PLACODERMI;

EID: 77953266660     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Brazeau M. The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins. Nature 457 (2009) 305-308
2. Cope E.D. The position of Pterichthys in the system. American Naturalist 19 (1885) 289-291
3. Denison R.H. Placodermi. In: Schultze H.-P. (Ed). Handbook of Paleoichthyology vol. 2 (1978), Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart 128 pp.
4. Fang R.S., Jiang N.R., Fan J.C., Cao R.G., Li D.Y., et al. The Middle Silurian and Early Devonian Stratigraphy and Palaeontology in Qujing District (1985), Yunnan People's Publishing House, Kunming, Yunnan 171 pp.
5. Goujet D.F. Sigaspis, un nouvel arthrodire du Dévonian inférieur du Spitsberg. Palaeontographica A 143 (1973) 73-88
6. Goujet D.F. Placoderm interrelationships: a new interpretation, with a short review of placoderm classifications. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 107 (1984) 211-243
7. Janvier P., and Pan J. Hyrcanaspis bliecki n. g. n. sp., a new primitive euantiarch (Antiarcha, Placodermi) from the Middle Devonian of northeastern Iran, with a discussion on antiarch phylogeny. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 164 (1982) 364-392
8. Janvier P. Early Vertebrates (1996), Clarendon Press, Oxford 393 pp.
9. Johanson Z. New Remigolepis (Placodermi; Antiarchi) from Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia. Geological Magazine 134 (1997) 813-846
10. Johanson Z. Vascularization of the osteostracan and antiarch (Placodermi) pectoral fin: similarities, and implications for placoderm relationships. Lethaia 35 (2002) 169-186
11. Liu Y.H. On a new petalichthyid, Eurycaraspis incilis gen. et sp. nov., from the middle Devonian of Zhanyi, Yunnan. In: Chang M.M., Liu Y.H., and Zhang G.R. (Eds). Early Vertebrates and Related Problems of Evolutionary Biology (1991), Science Press, Beijing 139-177
12. Long J.A. New bothriolepid fish from the late Devonian of Victoria, Australia. Palaeontology 26 (1983) 295-320
13. McCoy F. On some new fossil fish from the Carboniferous Period. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 2) 2 1-10 (1848) 115-133
14. P'an, K., Wang, S.T., 1978. Devonian Agnatha and Pisces of South China. In: Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (Ed.), Symposium on the Devonian System of South China. Geological Press, Beijing, pp. 298-333.
15. Pan J. Notes on Silurian vertebrates of China. Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences 15 (1986) 227-249
16. Pan J., and Dineley D.L. A review of early (Silurian and Devonian) vertebrate biogeography and biostratigraphy of China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences 235 (1988) 29-61
17. Pan J., Huo F.C., Cao J.X., Gu Q.C., Liu S.Y., Wang J.Q., Gao L.D., and Liu C. Continental Devonian System of Ningxia and its Biotas (1987), Geological Publishing House, Beijing 237 pp
18. 2 changes and the early radiation of gnathostomes. Palaeoworld 19 1-2 (2010) 146-159
19. Ritchie A., Wang S.T., Young G.C., and Zhang G.R. The Sinolepidae, a family of antiarchs (Placodermi) from the Devonian of South China and eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 44 (1992) 319-370
20. Wang J.Q. The Antiarchi from early Silurian of Hunan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 29 (1991) 240-244
21. Wang J.Q. New material of Hunanolepis from the Middle Devonian of Hunan. In: Chang M.M., Liu Y.H., and Zhang G.R. (Eds). Early Vertebrates and Related Problems of Evolutionary Biology (1991), Science Press, Beijing 213-247
22. Wang S.T. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Middle Palaeozoic of China. In: Long J.A. (Ed). Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biostratigraphy and Biogeography (1993), Belhaven Press, London 252-276
23. Wang Z.S. New discovery of yunnanolepids-Heteroyunnanolepis qujingensis (gen. et sp. nov.). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 32 (1994) 21-31
24. Young G.C. Comments on the phylogeny and biogeography of antiarchs (Devonian placoderm fishes), and the use of fossils in biogeography. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 107 (1984) 443-473
25. Young G.C. The relationships of placoderm fishes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88 (1986) 1-57
26. Young G.C. Antiarchs (placoderm fishes) from the Devonian Aztec Silstone, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Palaeontographica A 202 (1988) 1-125
27. Young G.C. The relationships of antiarchs (Devonian placoderm fishes)-evidence supporting placoderm monophyly. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (2008) 626-636
28. Zhao W.J., and Zhu M. Vertebrate biostratigraphy and biogeography of the Middle Palaeozoic of China. Palaeoworld 19 1-2 (2010) 4-26
29. Zhang G.R. The antiarchs from the Early Devonian of Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 16 (1978) 147-186
30. Zhang G.R. New material of Xichonolepis qujingensis and discussion on some of its morphological characteristics. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 18 (1980) 272-280
31. Zhang G.R. New form of Antiarchi with primitive brachial process from Early Devonian of Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22 (1984) 81-91
32. Zhu M. The phylogeny of the Antiarcha (Placodermi, Pisces), with the description of early Devonian antiarchs from Qujing, Yunnan, China. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4e série section C18 (1996) 233-348
33. Zhu M., and Janvier P. A small antiarch, Minicrania lirouyii gen. et sp. nov., from the Early Devonian of Qujing, Yunnan (China), with remarks on antiarch phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 (1996) 1-15
34. Zhu M., and Wang J.Q. Silurian vertebrate assemblages of China. Courier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg 223 (2000) 161-168
35. Zhu M., Zhao W.J., Jia L.T., Lu J., Qiao T., and Qu Q.M. The oldest articulated osteichthyan reveals mosaic gnathostome characters. Nature 458 (2009) 469-474