Onychodontiformes

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Onychodontiformes
Temporal range: Pragian–Famennian Possible Lochkovian record[1]
Onychodus BW.jpg
Reconstruction of Onychodus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Order: Onychodontiformes
Andrews, 1973
Genera

Onychodontiformes (also known as Onychodontida and Struniiformes) is an order of prehistoric sarcopterygian fish that lived during the Devonian period. The onychodontiforms are generally regarded as early-diverging members of the coelacanth lineage.[2][1]

Phylogeny[]

The following cladogram is adapted from Mondéjar-Fernández (2020). The study recovered Onychodontiformes as a paraphyletic group, which is shown in green:[1]

Crown-Sarcopterygii

Styloichthys

Rhipidistia

Dipnomorpha

Tetrapodomorpha

Bukkanodus

Grossius

Onychodus

Qingmenodus

Strunius

Actinistia

Euporosteus

Gavinia

Miguashaia

Diplocercides

Latimeria

Onychodontiformes

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Mondéjar-Fernández, J. (2020). "A new onychodont (Osteichthyes; Sarcopterygii) from the Middle Devonian of Morocco and its bearing on early osteichthyan evolution". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (7): 573–606. doi:10.1080/14772019.2019.1655495.
  2. ^ Lu, J.; Zhu, M.; Ahlberg, P. E.; Qiao, T.; Zhu, Y.; Zhao, W.; Jia, L. (2016). "A Devonian predatory fish provides insights into the early evolution of modern sarcopterygians". Science Advances. 2 (6): e1600154. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1600154. PMC 4928971.

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