Biology:Sinostega

Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians

Sinostega Temporal range: Late Devonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype jaw of S. pani, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Clade:	Stegocephali
Genus:	Sinostega Zhu et al., 2002
Type species
S. pani Zhu et al., 2002

Sinostega ("Chinese roof") 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.

External links

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• http://english.cas.ac.cn/Eng2003/page/SRA/D_3.htm

Wikidata ☰ Q3764888 entry