Tungsenia
| Tungsenia Temporal range: Early Devonian | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Genus: | †Tungsenia 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 Early Devonian of northeastern Yunnan Province, China. Its remains were discovered in the Posongchong Formation. It is the basalmost known tetrapodomorph.[1]
References
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1038/ncomms2170. PMID 23093197.