Biology:Peia (fish)

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Short description: Extinct genus of Triassic fishes.

Peia
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Scientific classification e
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.[1]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

Wikidata ☰ Q124176821 entry