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Sinostega

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
"Ichthyostegalia"

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Batrachomorpha

Phylum
  
Chordata

Genus
  
Sinostega Zhu et al., 2002

Similar
  
Metaxygnathus, Obruchevichthys, Ymeria, Axitectum, Spathicephalus

Sinostega is an extinct genus of early tetrapod from the Late Devonian of China.

The fossil was discovered in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest China, and consist of a fragmentary lower jawbone measuring 7 cm in length. It is the first Devonian tetrapod to be found in Asia.

References

Sinostega Wikipedia


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