Peia
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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References

  1. Li, Quanguo (2009). "a New PARASEMIONOTID‑LIKE Fish from the Lower Triassic of Jurong, Jiangsu Province, South China". Palaeontology. 52 (2): 369-384. Bibcode:2009Palgy..52..369L. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00848.x. Retrieved 2024-01-07.


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