Osteichthyes

Full reference: M.-M. Chang and X.-B. Yu. 1981. A new crossopterygian, Youngolepis praecursor, gen. et sp. nov., from Lower Devonian of E. Yunnan, China. Scientia Sinica 24(1):89-97

Parent taxon: Sarcopterygii according to M. Zhu and J. Fan 1995

See also Chang and Yu 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Youngolepis praecursor

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Qujing. Cuifengshan Assemblage (Devonian of China)

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