%0 Figure %A Choo, Brian %A Zhu, Min %A Qu, Qingming %A Yu, Xiaobo %A Jia, Liantao %A Zhao, Wenjin %D 2017 %T Life restoration of Sparalepis tingi (foreground) and other fauna from the Kuanti Formation. %U https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/Life_restoration_of_i_Sparalepis_tingi_i_foreground_and_other_fauna_from_the_Kuanti_Formation_/4734118 %R 10.1371/journal.pone.0170929.g009 %2 https://plos.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/7740481 %K pre-Devonian osteichthyan %K Recent discoveries %K similarity %K Psarolepi %K Silurian Xiaoxiang Fauna %K South China block %K gnathostome evolution %K flank scales %K Yunnan %K spine-bearing pectoral girdle %K Kuanti Formation %K phylogenetic analysis %K Ludlow-aged Kuanti Formation %K rhombic scales shares %K ventral bulges %K Guiyu %K dorsal concavities %K Sparalepis tingi gen %K osteichthyan fossils %X

Also in the scene are numerous conodont animals, a pair of the maxillate placoderm Entelognathus (middle distance) and two examples of the osteichthyan Megamastax (background), the largest known Silurian vertebrate. Illustration by Brian Choo, released under Creative Commons Attribution Licence CC BY 4.0, 2016.

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