Hongyu

Hongyu
Temporal range: Famennian 370–360 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Genus: †Hongyu
Zhu et al., 2017
Species:
†H. chowi
Binomial name
†Hongyu chowi
Zhu et al., 2017

Hongyu, represented by its type species Hongyu chowi, is an extinct Devonian lobe-finned fish. About 1.5 m in length, it resembles both Elpistostegalia and Rhizodontida, making its phylogenetic placement uncertain.[1] The type specimen was discovered in the Zhongning Formation near Ningxia in China’s North China Block.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Weird fish fossil changes the story of how we moved onto land". New Scientist. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  2. ^ Zhu, Min; Ahlberg, Per (2017). "A Devonian tetrapod-like fish reveals substantial parallelism in stem tetrapod evolution". Nature. 1 (October 2017): 1470–1476. Bibcode:2017NatEE...1.1470Z. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0293-5. PMID 29185516. S2CID 256703683.


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