Peipiaosteus

Peipiaosteus pani fossil

Peipiaosteus pani fossil

Fossil of the peipiaosteid Yanosteus longidorsalis (at MHNT), a close relative of Peipiaosteus

Peipiaosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric chondrostean ray-finned fish. Its fossils are found in the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation, Pani Lake, Liaoning Province, China.Liu, H. T. and Zhou, J . J. 1965. A new sturgeon from the Upper Jurassic of Liaoning, North China. - Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 9, 3, 237-247. In Chinese with English abstract Peipiaosteus belongs to the family Peipiaosteidae, together with the genera Liaosteus, Spherosteus, Stichopterus, and Yanosteus. Peipiaosteidae lived in Asia (China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia) during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous epochs. They are closely related to Chondrosteidae (Early Jurassic, Europe) and to living sturgeon and paddlefish (Acipenseroidei).