Biology:Onychodontiformes

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Short description: Extinct order of fishes

Onychodontiformes
Temporal range: Pragian–Famennian
Possible Lochkovian record[1]
OnychodusDB15.jpg
Reconstruction of Onychodus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Order: Onychodontiformes
Andrews, 1973
Genera

Onychodontiformes (also known as Onychodontida and Struniiformes) is an order of prehistoric sarcopterygian fish that lived during the Devonian period. The onychodontiforms are generally regarded as early-diverging members of the coelacanth lineage.[2][1]

Phylogeny

The following cladogram is adapted from Mondéjar-Fernández (2020). The study recovered Onychodontiformes as a paraphyletic group, which is shown in green:[1]

Crown-Sarcopterygii

Styloichthys

Rhipidistia

Dipnomorpha

Tetrapodomorpha

Bukkanodus

Selenodus

Grossius

Onychodus

Qingmenodus

Strunius

Actinistia

Euporosteus

Gavinia

Miguashaia

Diplocercides

Latimeria

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References

External links

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