Psarolepis Yu 1998 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes

Full reference: X.-B. Yu. 1998. A new porolepiform-like fish, Psarolepis romeri, gen. et sp. nov. (Sarcopterygii, Osteichthyes) from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):261-274

Parent taxon: Sarcopterygii according to R. Cloutier and G. Arratia 2004

See also Nelson et al. 2016 and Yu 1998

Sister taxa: Achoania, Actinistia, Akinetia, Coelacanthimorpha, Dipnoi, Dipnomorpha, Dipnotetrapodomorpha, Guiyu, Lepidosireniformes, Ligulalepis, Onychodontia, Onychodontida, Onychodontiformes, Osteolepidida, Osteolepiformes, Rhipidistia, Rhizodontida, Tetrapoda, Youngolepis

Subtaxa: Psarolepis romeri

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of China (1 collection)

• Silurian of China (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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