Lycoptera
davidi
The Jehol Group of western Liaoning Province,
northeastern China has produced numerous remarkable fossils, particularly
feathered dinosaurs. Shown below is one of the most abundant fossil forms
in the Jehol Group - this is Lycoptera davidi (Sauvage, 1880)
(Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Teleostei,
Osteoglossiformes, Notopteroidei, Lycopteridae). This fish is found in
lacustrine (lake) shales of the Yixian Formation (near-lowermost Cretaceous).
Lycoptera davidi (Sauvage, 1880) fossil fish (6.8 cm long) from the
Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Liaoning, China.