Zhu, Y.-A.; Chen, Y.; Li, Q.; Zhao, W.-J.; Zhou, Z.-D.; Jia, L.-T.; Yu, Y.-L.; Yu, H.-X.; Wei, G.-B.; Ahlberg, P.E.; Lu, J.; Zhu, M.
range · taxonomy · topology · morphology · geochronology · methods
Primary description of the articulated early Silurian osteichthyan Eosteus chongqingensis and explicit parsimony and Bayesian placement; the approximately 436 Ma occurrence is not a crown split or origination date.
Eosteus chongqingensis from approximately 436 Ma early Silurian strata anchors the 436–0 Ma Osteichthyes route as the oldest reported articulated bony-fish occurrence; its stem placement is analysis-dependent and is not a crown split or global origination date.
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