Kiangyousteus Temporal range: Middle Devonian: Givetian,
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Kiangyouosteus yohii fossil material | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Family: | †Dunkleosteidae |
Genus: | †Kiangyousteus Liu, 1955 |
Type species | |
Kiangyousteus yohii Liu, 1955
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Kiangyousteus is an extinct monotypic genus of dunkleosteid from the Middle Devonian: Givetian aged Guanwu Formation in the Sichuan province of south-western China. The type species, Kiangyousteus yohii, was the first known arthrodire from Asia.[1]