Palaeontologia sinica (New Series C,Whole Number 160, Number 22) The Early Tertiary Fossil Fishes from Sanshui and its Adjacent Basin,Guangdong

This paper consists of the following 4 parts: 1) The taxonomy and description of the early tertiary fossil fishes from Sanshui Basin and the adjacent districts; 2) The horizon and age of the Early tertiary fossil fishes from Sanshui Basin; 3) The ecological niches of the fossil fishes; 4) The problem of the origin of Cyprinidae.
The specimens from Sanshui Basin and the adjacnt districts (including Longgui Basin and Dongguan Basin) are mostly well preserved and have been ascribed to 2 orders, 3 families, 8 genera and 15 species, of which there are 10 new species.