Changxingia
Temporal range: Late Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Mawsoniidae
Genus: Changxingia
Wang & Liu, 1981
Species:
C. aspratilis
Binomial name
Changxingia aspratilis
Wang & Liu, 1981

Changxingia is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish that belonged to the coelacanth family Mawsoniidae. It lived during the Late Permian in Zhejiang, southern China.[1] It contains two species, C. aspiratilis (the type species) and C. weii, which were named in 1981 and 1997 from specimens found at the same locality. They are the first Permian marine coelacanths found in Asia.[2][3]

References

  1. Miguel, R.; Gallo, V.; Morrone, J.J. (2014). "Distributional patterns of †Mawsoniidae (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 86 (1): 159–170. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201420130035. PMID 24519009.
  2. Wang, N.; Liu, H. (1981). "Coelacanth Fishes from the Marine Permian of Zhejiang, South China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 19 (4): 305–312.
  3. Geng, B.-H.; Zhu, M.; Jin, F. (2009). "A Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of Guizhoucoelacanthus (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) from the Triassic of China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 47 (3): 165–177.
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