Biology:Osteolepiformes
Osteolepiformes, also known as Osteolepidida, is a group of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes which first appeared during the Devonian period. The order contains the families Canowindridae, Megalichthyidae, Osteolepididae and Tristichopteridae, in addition to several monotypic families. The order is generally considered to be paraphyletic because the characters that define it are mainly attributes of stem tetrapodomorphs.[1]
The following taxonomy is based on Borgen & Nakrem, 2016:[2]
- Order †Osteolepiformes
- Suborder †Osteolepidoidei
- Family †Osteolepididae
- Family †Thursiidae
- Family †Megalichthyidae
- Suborder †Cyclolepidoidei
- Superfamily †Eopodoidea
- Family †Chrysolepididae
- Family †Gyroptychiidae
- Family Panderichthyidae (incl. Elpistostegalia)
- Family †Tristichopteridae
- Superfamily †Parapodoidea
- Family †Canowindridae
- Family †Medoevididae
- Superfamily †Rhizodontoidea
- Superfamily †Eopodoidea
- Suborder †Osteolepidoidei
Below is a cladogram showing the paraphyly of Osteolepiformes compiled and modified from Ahlberg and Johanson (1998).[1] See also Swartz (2012).[3] Osteolepiformes is marked by the green bracket.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ahlberg, P. E.; Johanson, Z. (1998). "Osteolepiforms and the ancestry of tetrapods". Nature 395 (6704): 792–794. doi:10.1038/27421. Bibcode: 1998Natur.395..792A. http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/courses.hp/biol606/papers/Ahlberg+1998.pdf. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
- ↑ Borgen, Ulf J.; Nakrem, Hans A. (2016) (in en). Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of osteolepiform fish. Fossils and Strata. 61. Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781119286448.ch1. ISBN 978-1-119-28643-1. https://www.idunn.no/doi/book/10.1002/9781119286448.
- ↑ Swartz, B. (2012). "A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America". PLOS ONE 7 (3). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033683. PMID 22448265. Bibcode: 2012PLoSO...733683S.
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