Fossil Cypriniform Fish ToL Portal:

• Introduction and Goals
• Ostariophysan Phylogeny versus Stratigraphy
• Material to be Examined
• Preliminary Findings
• Literature Cited

Notropis megalepis fossil scan

Chinese Cypriniform fossils

Figure 4 (below). Hypothesis of phylogenetic relationship among ostaryophysans (Fink and Fink, 1996) with the age range from oldest to youngest known members in black bars (Arratia, unpublished). 

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