Kiangyousteus

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Kiangyousteus
Temporal range: Middle Devonian
Kiangyouosteus yohii fossil material
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Family: Dunkleosteidae
Genus: Kiangyousteus
Liu, 1955
Type species
Kiangyousteus yohii
Liu, 1955
Known remains in white

Kiangyousteus is an extinct genus of dunkleosteid from the Middle Devonian of Sichuan. The type species, Kiangyousteus yohii, was the first known arthrodire from Asia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Zhu, Y. A.; Zhu, M. (2013). "A redescription of Kiangyousteus yohii (Arthrodira: Eubrachythoraci) from the Middle Devonian of China, with remarks on the systematics of the Eubrachythoraci". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (4): 798–819. doi:10.1111/zoj.12089.