Guiyu oneiros 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

Belongs to Guiyu according to M. Zhu et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V15542.1-6, a skeleton. Its type locality is Kuanti Formation, Qujing County, Eastern Yunnan Province, which is in a Ludlow marine siltstone/shale in the Kuanti Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kuanti Formation, Qujing County, Eastern Yunnan Province

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