On October 21, the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced that the researcher Xu Guanghui of the institute recently discovered the oldest known verrucodon fossil in the world in Luoping, Yunnan, and named it “Yunnan Storm”. fish".
With a body length of 34 cm, it is the largest known carnivorous basic neofin fish in the Luoping biota 244 million years ago (Middle Triassic Anichian), occupying a high position in the food chain.
The picture shows the orthographic specimen of the "Yunnan Stormfish" fossil.
Photo courtesy of Xu Guanghui from China News Service
Release time: 2020-10-21 18:40:15 【Editor: Wang Yi】