Archive for April 3rd, 2015

Paralycoptera: first dinosaur-era fish from HongKong

A ~147 million-year-old Jurassic-aged osteoglossoid osteoglossomorph fish Paralycoptera from outcrops at Lai Chi Chong has been described. This fossil represents the first dinosaur-era fish — as well as vertebrate — from Hong Kong to be identified. The fossil was rediscovered in the collections of the Stephen Hui Geological Museum by Mr. Edison Tse Tze-kei, graduate […]