Guiyu Zhu et al. 2009 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes

Full reference: M. Zhu, W. Zhao, L. Jia, J. Lu, T. Qiao and Q. Qu. 2009. The oldest articulated osteichthyan reveals mosaic gnathostome characters. Nature 458:469-474

Parent taxon: Sarcopterygii according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016

See also Long 2011 and Zhu et al. 2009

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

Subtaxa: Guiyu oneiros

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Type: Guiyu oneiros

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kuanti Formation, Qujing County, Eastern Yunnan Province (Silurian of China)

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