Youngolepis

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Dipnomorpha
Superordo: †Porolepimorpha
Ordo: †Youngolepidiformes
Familia: †Youngolepididae
Genus: †Youngolepis
Species: †Y. praecursor

Name

†Youngolepis Chang & Yu, 1981

• Type species: †Youngolepis praecursor Chang & Yu, 1981

References

• Chang, M.M. 1982. The braincase of Youngolepis, a Lower Devonian crossopterygian from Yunnan, south-western China. Stockholm: University of Stockholm. 113 pp.

• Chang, M.M., & Yu, X.B. 1981. A new crossopterygian, Youngolepis praecursor, gen. et sp. nov., from lower Devonian of E. Yunnan, China. Scientia Sinica 24: 89–97. Reference page. 
• Chang, M.-M. & Smith, M. M. 1992. Is Youngolepis a porolepiform? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(3): 294–312. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1992.10011461 Reference page.