Ancient fish fossil dating back 438 mln years found in east China's Jiangxi

The fossils of two fish species dating back 438 million years have been discovered in east China's Jiangxi Province, representing one of the oldest species of fish ever found.

The fish age was estimated as early Telychian, or the Silurian Lower Red Beds, according to the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The two new species, Qingshuiaspis junqingi and Anjiaspis ericius, were described from the lower Telychian Qingshui Formation in the province's Wuning County.

The finding represents the oldest and most primitive fossil record of the oldest eugaleaspiform fishes.