Tungsenia
Tungsenia Temporal range: Early Devonian
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Genus: | †Tungsenia Lu et al., 2012 |
Type species | |
†Tungsenia paradoxa Lu et al., 2012
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Tungsenia is an extinct genus of basal tetrapodomorph bony fish known from the ~409 mya (Early Devonian) of northeastern Yunnan Province, China. Its remains were discovered in the . It is the basalmost known tetrapodomorph.[1]
References[]
- ^ Lu, J.; Zhu, M.; Long, J. A.; Zhao, W.; Senden, T. J.; Jia, L.; Qiao, T. (2012). "The earliest known stem-tetrapod from the Lower Devonian of China". Nature Communications. 3: 1160. Bibcode:2012NatCo...3.1160L. doi:10.1038/ncomms2170. PMID 23093197.
Categories:
- Tetrapodomorphs
- Fossil taxa described in 2012
- Prehistoric lobe-finned fish stubs