Eotetrapodiformes
Eotetrapodiformes is a clade of sarcopterygian fish including tetrapods and their ancestors.[1] Eotetrapodiformes is part of the larger clade tetrapodomorpha. But it excludes the basalmost tetrapodomorphs, such as megalichthyiforms.[2]
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| Skull of the tristichopterid Platycephalichthys in CosmoCaixa Barcelona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Clade: | Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010 |
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Cladogram
Cladogram from Swartz, 2012:[3]
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Eotetrapodiformes Media
Eusthenopteron foordi, a lobe-finned fish from the Late Devonian of Canada, pencil drawing
References
- ↑ Two groups of stem tetrapods called tristichopterids and elpistostegalids.
- ↑ Coates, M.I.; Friedman, M. (2010). "Litoptychus bryanti and characteristics of stem tetrapod neurocrania". In Elliot, D.K.; Maisey, J.G.; Yu, X.; Miao, D. (eds.). Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes. Pfeil. pp. 389–416. ISBN 978-3-89937-122-2.
- ↑ Swartz, B. (2012). "A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America". PLOS ONE. 7 (3): e33683. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...733683S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033683. PMC 3308997. PMID 22448265.