| Elpistostege Temporal range: Late Devonian |
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| Elpistostege watsoni | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Osteichthyes |
| Subclass: | Sarcopterygii |
| Superorder: | Osteolepidida |
| Order: | Elpistostegalia |
| Family: | †Elpistostegidae |
| Genus: | Elpistostege |
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Elpistostege is an extinct genus of tetrapod-like fish that lived in the Late Devonian period (Late Givetian to Early Frasnian). Fossils of skull and a part of the backbone have been found at Escuminac Formation in Quebec, Canada.
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