Biology:Osteolepiformes
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Short description: Extinct order of fishes
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| Osteolepis | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | †Osteolepiformes Berg, 1937 |
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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. The order is generally considered to be paraphyletic because the characters that define it are mainly attributes of stem tetrapodomorphs.[1]
Below is a cladogram showing the paraphyly of Osteolepiformes compiled and modified from Ahlberg and Johanson (1998).[1] See also Swartz (2012).[2] Osteolepiformes is marked by the green bracket.
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Osteolepiformes |
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.
- ↑ Swartz, B. (2012). "A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America". PLOS ONE 7 (3): e33683. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033683. PMID 22448265. Bibcode: 2012PLoSO...733683S.
External links
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