Onychodontiformes Temporal range: Possible
Lochkovian record
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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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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]
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 | |