New species of Sangiorgioichthys Tintori and Lombardo, 2007 (Neopterygii, Semionotiformes) from the Anisian of Luoping (Yunnan Province, South China)
Author
López-Arbarello, Adriana
Author
Sun, Zuo-Yu
Author
Sferco, Emilia
Author
Tintori, Andrea
Author
Xu, Guang-Hui
Author
Sun, Yuan-Lin
Author
Wu, Fei-Xiang
Author
Jiang, Da-Yong
text
Zootaxa
2011
2749
25
39
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.204496
5b195487-4819-47d1-85db-865b8b34f850
1175-5326
204496
Sangiorgioichthys
aldae
Tintori and Lombardo, 2007
Holotype
.
MCSNIO
P457
Paratypes
.
MCSNIO
P458, P665
Referred material.
LVC 3878-6-10579
Diagnosis
(emended from
Tintori and Lombardo 2007
). Species of
Sangiorgioichthys
distinguished by the following combination of features: a single pair of extrascapular bones; edentulous maxilla; dentition concentrated in the anterior region of the mouth; supramaxilla short, less than half of the length of the maxilla; several small suborbital bones posterior to the orbit, the most dorsal elements arranged in two rows; flank scales with straight posterior margins, except for a few denticles randomly arranged on the different part of the body; 30 transversal rows of scales along the lateral line.
Type
locality.
The Kalkschieferzone of Rio Vallone (Viggiù, Varese,
Italy
), just above the aqueduct track.
Type
horizon.
Uppermost Ladinian of the Kalkschieferzone of the Meride Limestone (Ladinian, late Middle Triassic;
Furrer 1995
).
Geographic distribution.
Rio Vallone and Ca’del Frate (Viggiù, Varese,
Italy
), Perledo (
Italy
), and Val Mara D (Meride, Canton Ticino,
Switzerland
).
Stratigraphic distribution.
Kalkschieferzone of the Meride Limestone and Perledo Member of the Varenna Formation (both Ladinian, late Middle Triassic).