Sinostega

Taxobox
name = "Sinostega"
fossil_range = Late Devonian
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subclassis = Tetrapodomorpha
genus = "Sinostega"
genus_authority = Zhu et al., 2002
type_species = "S. pani"
type_species_authority = Zhu et al., 2002

"Sinostega" is an extinct genus of early tetrapod from the Late Devonian of China.

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.

References

* Zhu, M., Ahlberg, P. E., Zhao, W., and Jia, L.. 2002. "First Devonian tetrapod from Asia." Nature 420:760.

External links

* http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/12/1218_021218_tetrapod.html
* http://english.cas.ac.cn/Eng2003/page/SRA/D_3.htm