Fanjingshania

Fanjingshania; Temporal range: Llandovery PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil specimen, pectoral girdle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Acanthodii
Order:	†Climatiiformes
Genus:	†Fanjingshania; Plamen S. Andreev, 2022
Species:	†F. renovata
Binomial name
	†Fanjingshania renovata; Plamen S. Andreev, 2022

Fanjingshania is an extinct genus of acanthodian from the lower Silurian of China, making it currently the oldest known acanthodian.^[1] It comprises a single species, Fanjingshania renovata.

References

^ Andreev, Plamen S.; Sansom, Ivan J.; Li, Qiang; Zhao, Wenjin; Wang, Jianhua; Wang, Chun-Chieh; Peng, Lijian; Jia, Liantao; Qiao, Tuo; Zhu, Min (September 2022). "Spiny chondrichthyan from the lower Silurian of South China". Nature. 609 (7929): 969–974. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05233-8.

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[:1-1] Andreev, Plamen S.; Sansom, Ivan J.; Li, Qiang; Zhao, Wenjin; Wang, Jianhua; Wang, Chun-Chieh; Peng, Lijian; Jia, Liantao; Qiao, Tuo; Zhu, Min (September 2022). "Spiny chondrichthyan from the lower Silurian of South China". Nature. 609 (7929): 969–974. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05233-8.

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