Cladistia
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Cladistia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Recent | |
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Polypterus senegalus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Subclass: | Cladistia Cope 1870 |
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Cladistia is a clade of bony fishes that currently consists of few anguilliform (eel-shaped) remnants of an ancient diversity.[1] Their major synapomorphies are a dorsal fin with independent rays, and a posteriorly elongated parasphenoid.
Cladistia is the sister group of Actinopteri.
Phylogeny
Based on work done by Lund 2000 [2]
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References
- ↑ G. Lecointre & H. Le Guyader, 2007, The Tree of Life: A Phylogenetic Classification, Harvard University Press Reference Library
- ↑ Mikko Haaramo. "Cladistia – bichirs and relatives". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
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