Biology:Osteolepidae

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Short description: Extinct family of fishes

Osteolepidae
Temporal range: Devonian
Osteolepis sp.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: †Megalichthyiformes
Family: †Osteolepidae
Genera

Osteolepidae is a family of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Devonian period.

Phylogeny

The cladogram presented below is based on studies compiled by Mikko Haaramo for the Mikko's Phylogeny Archive.[1]

 
 

†Osteolepis Agassiz 1843

 
 
 

†Muranjilepis Young & Schultze 2005

 
 

†Thursius Traquair 1888

 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Haaramo, Mikko (2003). "Tetrapodomorpha". In Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/sarcopterygii/tetrapodomorpha.html. Retrieved November 25, 2013. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2382419 entry