Osteolepiformes

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Osteolepiformes
Temporal range: 396–299 Ma
Middle Devonian to Late Carboniferous
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Osteolepis
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Osteolepiformes
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Osteolepiformes are a group of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes which first appeared during the Devonian period. The order contains two families: Megalichthyidae and Osteolepidae. The Order is generally considered to be paraphyletic because the characters that define it are mainly attributes of stem tetrapodomorphs.[1]

Below is a cladogram showing the Osteolepiformes modified from Swartz 2012.[2]

Osteolepiformes

Gogonasus andrewsae Long 1985




Gyroptychius Jarvik 1948




Osteolepidae




Medoevia lata Lebedev 1995



Megalichthyidae Long 1985






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