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Peia (fish)

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Extinct genus of Triassic fishes.

Peia
Temporal range: Early Triassic PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Parasemionotiformes
Family: Parasemionotidae
Genus: Peia
Li, 2009
Type species
Peia jurongensis
(Li, 2009)

Peia is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic in what is now the Jiangsu Province in China. Its species name is derived from Jurong, where it was discovered in Qingshan Quarry. It is currently known from a single specimen, collected in 1997.

See also

References

  1. Li, Quanguo (2009). "a New PARASEMIONOTID‑LIKE Fish from the Lower Triassic of Jurong, Jiangsu Province, South China". Palaeontology. 52 (2): 369-384. Bibcode:2009Palgy..52..369L. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00848.x. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
Halecomorphi
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Halecomorphi
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Halecomorphi
Halecomorphi
Parasemionotidae
Ionoscopiformes
Ionoscopidae
Ophiopsiellidae
Amiiformes
Caturoidea
Caturidae
Amioidea
Sinamiidae
Amiidae
Furo longiserratus

Caturus furcatus

Amia calva
Taxon identifiers
Peia


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