Sinostega
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Sinostega ("Chinese roof") is an extinct genus of early "tetrapod" from the Late Devonian of China.
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- Sinostega pani
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- S. pani
- time period
- Late Devonian
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Sinostega ("Chinese roof") is an extinct genus of early "tetrapod" from the Late Devonian of China.
The fossil was discovered in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest China, and consist of a fragmentary lower jawbone measuring 7 cm in length. It is the first Devonian tetrapod to be found in Asia.
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