Youngolepis

Youngolepis

Taxobox
name = "Youngolepis"
fossil_range = Early Devonian


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image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Osteichthyes
subclassis = Sarcopterygii
ordo = Coelacanthiformes
genus = "Youngolepis"
species = "Y. praecursor"
binomial = "Youngolepis praecursor"
binomial_authority = Chang & Yu, 1981

"Youngolepis" is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Early Devonian period (Lochkovian to Pragian stages, about 407-416 million years ago). Fossils have been found in China.


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