| Sinosaurichthys Temporal range: Middle Triassic |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Saurichthyiformes |
| Family: | Saurichthyidae |
| Genus: | Sinosaurichthys Wu et al., 2010 |
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Sinosaurichthys is an extinct genus of saurichthyid ray-finned fish which existed in southwestern China, during the middle Triassic (Anisian age).[1] Fossils have been found in the Upper Member of the Guanling Formation of two localities: Yangjuan of Panxian County, Guizhou Province, and Dawazi of Luoping, Yunnan Province, China.[1] It was first named by Wu Feixiang, Sun Yuanlin, Xu Guanghui, Hao Weicheng, Jiang Dayong and Sun Zuoyu in 2010 and the type species is Sinosaurichthys longipectoralis.[1]