Sinostega
Sinostega Temporal range: Late Devonian | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | "Amphibia" (wide sense) |
Order: | "Ichthyostegalia" |
Genus: | Sinostega |
Type species | |
S. pani Zhu et al., 2002 |
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
- Zhu, M., Ahlberg, P. E., Zhao, W., and Jia, L.. 2002. "First Devonian tetrapod from Asia." Nature 420:760.