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Elpistostegalia, also known as Panderichthyida, is a type of prehistoric fish which lived about 385 to 374 million years ago.[2]
Elpistostegalia | |
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Panderichthys | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Eotetrapodiformes |
Clade: | Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961 |
Type genus | |
Elpistostege Westoll, 1938 | |
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A rise in the world's oxygen content caused predatory fish to evolve,[3] and this fish was the most successful.[4]
Below is a description of their evolutionary family tree.[1]
Eotetrapodiformes |
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