Styloichthys
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Styloichthys (Greek: stylo "pillar" and ichthys "fish"; "Pillar fish") is a prehistoric sarcopterygian, lobe-finned fish which lived during the Early Devonian (Lochkovian) period of East Yunnan, South China.
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View of snout and orbit region of Styloichthys | |
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Genus: | Styloichthys |
Species: | S. changae |
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Styloichthys changae Zhu & Yu, 2001 | |
Styloichthys range (in blue) |
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Because it is clear that the jaws and skull of Styloichthys share many derived features with coelacanthiformes[1] it is placed as the oldest coelacanth.