Sinostega
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| Sinostega Temporal range: Late Devonian
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| Holotype jaw of S. pani, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Stegocephalia |
| Genus: | Sinostega Zhu et al., 2002 |
| Type species | |
| S. pani Zhu et al., 2002
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Sinostega ("Chinese roof") 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
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