Osteolepiformes
Sign in to saveOsteolepiformes, 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.
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tetrapodomorpha
- Image
- Osteolepis BW.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tetrapodomorpha
- taxon rank
- order
- taxon name
- Osteolepiformes
- topic's main category
- Category:Osteolepiformes
- start time
- 396000000-
- end time
- 299000000-
- temporal range start
- Middle Devonian
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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.
The following taxonomy is based on Borgen & Nakrem, 2016: Order Osteolepiformes Suborder Osteolepidoidei Family Osteolepididae Family Thursiidae Family Megalichthyidae Suborder Cyclolepidoidei Superfamily Eopodoidea Family Chrysolepididae Family Gyroptychiidae Family Panderichthyidae (incl. Elpistostegalia) Family Tristichopteridae Superfamily Parapodoidea Family Canowindridae Family Medoevididae Superfamily Rhizodontoidea
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Osteolepiformes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.