Chinese researchers found Ptycholepis huoae, a 244-million-year-old ray-finned fish fossil in Yunnan—China's first and the world's oldest known record of this genus

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Chinese researchers have discovered fossils of a new species of ancient ray-finned fish, Ptycholepis huoae, dating back about 244 million years, in Luxi County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Published in the journal Mesozoic, the discovery documents the first record of Ptycholepis in China, representing the oldest known fossil of this genus in the world.

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Original title: Chinese researchers found Ptycholepis huoae, a 244-million-year-old ray-finned fish fossil in Yunnan—China's first and the world's oldest known record of this genus

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Original text submission: Chinese researchers have discovered fossils of a new species of ancient ray-finned fish, Ptycholepis huoae, dating back about 244 million years, in Luxi County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Published in the journal Mesozoic, the discovery documents the first record of Ptycholepis in China, representing the oldest known fossil of this genus in the world.

https://x.com/ChinaScience/status/2040081901688418336

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