Youngolepis

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Youngolepis
Fossil range: Early Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Osteichthyes
Subclass: Sarcopterygii
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Genus: Youngolepis
Species: Y. praecursor
Binomial name
Youngolepis praecursor
Chang & Yu, 1981


Youngolepis is an extinct genus of sarcopterygian fish which lived in the Early Devonian period (Lochkovian - Pragian) of south China.