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Tungsenia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Tetrapodomorpha

Class
  
Sarcopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Genus
  
†Tungsenia Lu et al., 2012

Similar
  
Tetrapodomorpha, Tristichopteridae, Platycephalichthys, Tinirau, Osteolepiformes

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.

References

Tungsenia Wikipedia