Biology:Tungsenia
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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| Tungsenia paradoxa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Genus: | †Tungsenia Lu et al., 2012 |
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| †Tungsenia paradoxa Lu et al., 2012
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. Bibcode: 2012NatCo...3.1160L.
Wikidata ☰ Q7853055 entry
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