Tongdulepis

Tongdulepis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Antiarchi
Family: †Tubalepididae
Genus: †
Species:
†T. concavus
Binomial name
†Tongdulepis concavus
Luo et. al., 2025

Tongdulepis is an extinct genus of tubalepid antiarch that lived during the Eifelian stage of the Middle Devonian epoch.

Distribution

Tongdulepis concavus fossils are known from the Qujing Formation of Huize County in northwestern Yunnan.[1] The holotype was discovered in 2021.

References

  1. ^ Luo, Yanchao; Pan, Zhaohui; Zhu, Min (5 March 2025). "A new tubalepid fish (Antiarcha, Placodermi) from the Middle Devonian of Huize, Yunnan, China". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 144 (1). doi:10.1186/s13358-025-00349-6. ISSN 1664-2376.
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