Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sinostega ("Chinese roof") is an extinct genus of early "tetrapod" from the Late Devonian of China.
| Sinostega Temporal range: Late Devonian | |
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| 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 | |
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.
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