Tungsenia
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 Posongchong Formation. It is the basalmost known tetrapodomorph.[1]
| Tungsenia Temporal range: Early Devonian | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Genus: | †Tungsenia Lu et al., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Tungsenia paradoxa Lu et al., 2012 | |
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. doi:10.1038/ncomms2170. PMID 23093197.
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