Yunnanolepis is an extinct genus of primitive antiarch placoderm. The fossils of the various species are found in Early to Middle Devonian strata in Southern China (Xishancun, Lianhuashan and Xitun Formations).
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CGI reconstruction of Y. chii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Antiarchi |
Family: | †Yunnanolepididae |
Genus: | †Yunnanolepis Liu, 1963 |
Type species | |
Yunnanolepis chii Liu, 1963
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