Youngichthys Temporal range: Changhsingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific 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
- ^ Peter Forey (2008). History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Springer-Verlag New York, LLC. ISBN 978-0-412-78480-4.
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