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Extinct order of fishes

Onychodontiformes
Temporal range: Pragian–Famennian Possible Lochkovian record
Reconstruction of Onychodus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

Phylogeny

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

References

  1. ^ 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. S2CID 208586697.
  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. Bibcode:2016SciA....2E0154L. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1600154. PMC 4928971. PMID 27386576.

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