Cristina Lombardo

TL;DR: The new assemblages from southern China point to an early broader differentiation among the basal neopterygians rather than in the 'subholosteans', the group that was then dominant in the Western Tethys since the Late Anisian, which stands that during the Norian a new basalNeopterygian radiation gave rise to several new branches that dominated the remaining part of the Mesozoic.

TL;DR: The actinopterygians Allolepidotus bellottii, Furo trottii and Perleidus altolepis are redescribed on the basis of well-preserved material coming from the late Ladinian Kalkschieferzone of Ca' del Frate and Meride.

TL;DR: Peculiar characters of the new genus are dermal skull bones completely covered by ganoine, a very large ventral infraorbital almost attaining the anterior edge of the preoperculum, two ‘ventral’ suborbitals, very elongate anterior supraorbital bone, dentition made of a number of tiny pencil-like teeth, anterior and posterior lateral line scales differentiated.

TL;DR: The systematic position of the species is clarified and the taxon is proposed to be a further representative of the family Polzbergidae, and is transferred to the new genus Luopingichthys.

TL;DR: The oldest Pholidophoriformes (stem teleosts) that were collected during a large scale yet detailed excavation of Upper Ladinian (Middle Triassic) marine deposits in Xingyi City, Guizhou Province, China are reported, supporting the erection of a new pholidophOrid genus, Malingichthys gen. nov., with two species.