Meemannia
Extinct genus of fishes
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Meemannia is a genus of extinct bony fish from the early Devonian period. It was initially classified as a lobe-finned fish; however, a restudy conducted by Lu et al. (2016) indicates that it was actually an early-diverging ray-finned fish.[1] It was found in Yunnan, China. As preserved, it consists mainly of skull roofing bones and a partial otic region of the braincase. Its anatomy is unique in a number of features that resemble ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii), and more generalized jawed vertebrates.
| Meemannia Temporal range: Devonian | |
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| Fossil cast at the Baoding Natural History Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Genus: | †Meemannia |
| Species: | †M. eos |
| Binomial name | |
| †Meemannia eos Zhu, Yu, Wang, Zhao & Jia, 2006 | |
It was described in the May 4, 2006 edition of Nature, and named after Meemann Chang.[2]
