Tungsenia

Tungsenia
Temporal range: Early Devonian,
Tungsenia paradoxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Genus: †
Lu et al., 2012
Type species
†Tungsenia paradoxa
Lu et al., 2012

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]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. hdl:1885/69314. PMID 23093197.


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