Eotetrapodiformes
| Eotetrapodiformes Temporal range: Middle Devonian–Recent | |
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| Skull of the tristichopterid Platycephalichthys in CosmoCaixa Barcelona | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Clade: | Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010 |
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Eotetrapodiformes is a clade of sarcopterygian fish including tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates) and their immediate ancestors, two groups of stem tetrapods called tristichopterids and elpistostegalids. Eotetrapodiformes is part of the larger clade Tetrapodomorpha, but exclude the basalmost tetrapodomorphs, such as osteolepiforms.[1]
Cladogram from Swartz, 2012:[2]
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References
- ↑ Coates, M.I.; Friedman, M. (2010). "Litoptychus bryanti and characteristics of stem tetrapod neurocrania". In Elliot, D.K.; Maisey, J.G.; Yu, X.; and Miao, D. Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes. Pfeil. pp. 389–416. ISBN 978-3-89937-122-2.
- ↑ 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. PMC 3308997
. PMID 22448265.
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