Phymosteus
Extinct genus of fishes
Phymosteus Temporal range: Early Famennian[1] | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Family: | †Selenosteidae |
Genus: | †Phymosteus Wang and Zhu, 2004 |
Species: | †P. liui |
Binomial name | |
†Phymosteus liui Wang and Zhu, 2004 |
Phymosteus liui is an extinct large selenosteid arthrodire placoderm known from the Lower Famennian Xiejingshi Formation of Shimen County, Hunan province, in central China.[1]
The holotype and only known specimen of P. liui is a V-shaped median dorsal plate with a distinctive texture.[1] Because the fossil is incomplete, its exact relationship to the other selenosteids can not be satisfactorily determined.
References
- ^ a b c Wang, Junqing, and Min Zhu. "A new eubrachythoracid arthrodire from the upper devonian of Hunan China." Vertebrata Pal Asiatica 42.2 (2003): 154-161. [1]
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