A new postcranium of Saurichthys from the Early Triassic of Spitsbergen

• Main Authors: Kogan, Ilja, Romano, Carlo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg * Institut fuer Geologie 2016
• Subjects: Paleontological Institute and Museum; 560 Fossils & prehistoric life; Arctic; Norway; Sassendalen; Stensiöfjellet; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/136748/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/136748/1/Kogan%26Romano2016_A_new_postcranium_of_Saurichthys_from_the_Early_Triassic_of_Spitsbergen-1.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-136748

The Saurichthyidae (Actinoperygii, Osteichthyes) are a long-lasting family, ranging from the latest Permian to the Middle Jurassic (~75 million years) and including nearly 50 species, most of which belong to the essentially Triassic genus Saurichthys. At least 14 species occur in the Early Triassic,...