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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