Euporosteus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Genus: | †Euporosteus Jaekel, 1927 |
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| †Euporosteus eifeliensis Jaekel, 1927
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Euporosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine coelacanth that lived during the early to middle Devonian of Europe and Asia.[1][2]
It contains two known species:[2][3]
- †E. eifeliensis Jaekel, 1927 (type species) - Middle Devonian (early Givetian) of Germany (Cürten Formation)
- †E. yunnanensis Zhu et al., 2012 - Early Devonian (Pragian) of Yunnan, China (Posongchong Formation)
The Asian species E. yunnanensis is one of the earliest known coelacanths, alongside the much more fragmentary Eoactinistia from Australia, and is the earliest known coelacanth to have an anatomically modern appearance. The other species, E. eifeliensis, looked similar to E. yunnanensis but lived much later in the Devonian, giving this genus a long stratigraphic range.[2][4]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Fossilworks: Euporosteus eifeliensis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Zhu, Min; Yu, Xiaobo; Lu, Jing; Qiao, Tuo; Zhao, Wenjin; Jia, Liantao (2012-04-10). "Earliest known coelacanth skull extends the range of anatomically modern coelacanths to the Early Devonian". Nature Communications. 3 (1): 772. doi:10.1038/ncomms1764. ISSN 2041-1723.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
- ^ "Earliest Known Coelacanth Species Discovered | Paleontology | Sci-News.com". Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
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