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Eoactinistia

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Eoactinistia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Actinistia
Genus: Eoactinistia
Johanson et al., 2006
Type species
Eoactinistia foreyi
Johanson et al., 2006

Eoactinistia is a prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Early Devonian period. Fossils have been found in Victoria, Australia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Zerina Johanson, John A. Long, John A. Talent, Philippe Janvier, James W. Warren (2006): "Oldest coelacanth, from the Early Devonian of Australia". Biology Letters. pp. 443–446.