Kingdom Animalia Class Sarcopterygii Rank Genus | Subphylum Vertebrata Phylum Chordata Order Onychodontida | |
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Similar Onychodontida, Grossius, Strunius, Onychodus, Psarolepis | ||
Qingmenodus is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish. Fossils of Qingmenodus were found in China and date back to the Early Devonian period. Qingmenodus reveals the first well-ossified otoccipital braincase in onychodonts. Palaeontologists believe that Qingmenodus was one of the oldest onychodont fish.
Relationships
A study of additional new fossils of Qingmenodus in a larger phylogenetic analysis of Sarcopterygii including new neurocranial characters supported placing onychodontiforms as stem-coelacanths, within Actinistia.
References
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