Onychodontida

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Onychodontida Fossil range: Late Silurian - Late Devonian
Reconstruction of Onychodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Class: Osteichthyes Subclass: Sarcopterygii Infraclass: Crossopterygii Order: †Onychodontida Andrews, 1973
Clades
Onychodontidae

Onychodontida (= Onychodontiformes) is a group of prehistoric fish. This order was it represents a small group of sarcopterygian fishes that lived between Late Silurian to Late Devonian period. The onychodontiformes is probably a paraphyletic group of basal sarcopterygians.

[edit] Phylogeny

• Sarcopterygii
  • Diabolepis speratus
  • Langdenia campylognatha
  • Meemannia eos
    • Psarolepis romeri
      • Onychodontida

[edit] External links

• Onychodontiformes at Palaeos
• Onychodontida phylogeny at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive