Oldest flying fish fossil: Potanichthys xingyiensis (Thoracopteridae)

 Holotype of Potanichthys xingyiensis gen. et sp. nov. (ZMNH M1692) from Xiemi, Wusha, Xingyi, Guizhou Province, China; lower part
of the Zhuganpo Member, Falang Formation, Middle Triassic.
Paratype of Potanichthys xingyiensis gen. et sp. nov. (IVPP V17744) from Xiemi, Wusha, Xingyi, Guizhou Province, China; lower part
of the Zhuganpo Member, Falang Formation, Middle Triassic.
 
Reconstruction of the phenotype of Potanichthys xingyiensis gen. etsp. nov.

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