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Early Cretaceous Freshwater Fish Fauna in Kyushu, Japan

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<strong>Early</strong> <strong>Cretaceous</strong> <strong>Freshwater</strong> <strong>Fish</strong> <strong>Fauna</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Kyushu</strong>, <strong>Japan</strong> 223<br />

so:<br />

Fig. 85. Pachythrissops laevis Woodward, 1919, Cranium <strong>in</strong> left lateral view. From Forey,<br />

1973.<br />

its right side exposed. The standard length is 23.8 mm. KMNH VP 100,226, an<br />

almost complete specimen with its right side exposed, but the anterior part of the<br />

head region is miss<strong>in</strong>g. The length from the pectoral <strong>in</strong>sertion to the end of the<br />

hypural is 18.2 mm.<br />

Locality. M<strong>in</strong>amigaoka (KM-1), Kokura-kita-ku (Kokura Northern Ward), Kita<br />

kyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture,<strong>Japan</strong>.<br />

Horizon. The Third Formation (the upper formation, W3, correlated to the Lower<br />

Wakamiya Formation) of the Wak<strong>in</strong>o Subgroup <strong>in</strong> the Kwanmon Group, the Lower<br />

<strong>Cretaceous</strong>.<br />

Etymology. The species is named for Mr. Naoki, Kikuchi, who collected and do<br />

nated the specimens to the Kitakyushu Museum and Institute of Natural History.<br />

Description of the holotype.<br />

The body is moderate and the depth is conta<strong>in</strong>ed 3.2 times <strong>in</strong> the standard<br />

length. The head length is conta<strong>in</strong>ed 4.0 times <strong>in</strong> the standard length. The snout<br />

is rounded. The outl<strong>in</strong>e ofthe head dorsal marg<strong>in</strong> is convex. The outl<strong>in</strong>e from the<br />

occipital region to the dorsal orig<strong>in</strong> is slightly convex. The restored outl<strong>in</strong>e of the<br />

abdomen is convex, and runs little under the lower end ofeach rib. The median f<strong>in</strong>s

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