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(Redirected from Yonngichthys) Extinct genus of fishes For the extant genus of gobies, see Yongeichthys.

Youngichthys
Temporal range: Changhsingian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Genus: Youngichthys
Wang et Liu, 1981
Type species
Youngichthys xinghuainsis
Wang et Liu, 1981

Youngichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians or lobe-finned fish from the upper Permian (Changhsingian) comprising a single species, Youngichthys xinghuansis. A single specimen of the fish was discovered in Zhejiang Province, China in 1981.

See also

References

  1. ^ Peter Forey (2008). History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Springer-Verlag New York, LLC. ISBN 978-0-412-78480-4.
Actinistia
Gnathostomata
Actinistia
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Actinistia
Actinistia sensu lato
"Onychodontiformes"
Actinistia sensu stricto
Miguashaiidae
Diplocercidae
Hadronectoridae
Rhabdodermatidae
Laugiidae
Coelacanthiformes
Coelacanthidae
Whiteiidae
Latimerioidei
Mawsoniidae
Latimeriidae
Strunius rolandi

Miguashaia sp. Allenypterus montanus Mawsonia sp.

Latimeria chalumnae
Taxon identifiers
Youngichthys


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