Biology:Hongyu

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Hongyu
Temporal range: Famennian 370–360 Ma
Scientific classification edit
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". https://www.newscientist.com/article/2146256-weird-fish-fossil-changes-the-story-of-how-we-moved-onto-land/. 
  2. Zhu, Min; Ahlberg, Per (2017). "A Devonian tetrapod-like fish reveals substantial parallelism in stem tetrapod evolution". Nature 1 (October 2017): 1470–1476. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0293-5. PMID 29185516. 

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