Kiangyousteus
Kiangyousteus Temporal range:
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Kiangyouosteus yohii fossil material | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Family: | †Dunkleosteidae |
Genus: | †Kiangyousteus Liu, 1955 |
Type species | |
Kiangyousteus yohii Liu, 1955
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Kiangyousteus is an extinct genus of dunkleosteid from the Middle Devonian of Sichuan. The type species, Kiangyousteus yohii, was the first known arthrodire from Asia.[1]
References[]
- ^ Zhu, Y. A.; Zhu, M. (2013). "A redescription of Kiangyousteus yohii (Arthrodira: Eubrachythoraci) from the Middle Devonian of China, with remarks on the systematics of the Eubrachythoraci". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (4): 798–819. doi:10.1111/zoj.12089.
Categories:
- Placoderms of Asia
- Placoderms
- Placoderm stubs