Onychodontiformes
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]
| Onychodontiformes Temporal range: Possible Lochkovian record[1] | |
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| Reconstruction of Onychodus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Order: | †Onychodontiformes Andrews, 1973 |
| Genera | |
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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 |
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References
- 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.
- 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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