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Paraphyletic group of tetrapodomorphs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Osteolepiformes Temporal range: Devonian to Late Carboniferous Middle | |
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Osteolepis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Order: | †Osteolepiformes Berg, 1937 |
Groups included | |
See text | |
Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa | |
The following taxonomy is based on Borgen & Nakrem, 2016:[2]
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.
Osteolepiformes |
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