Eotetrapodiformes

Eotetrapodiformes
Temporal range:
Skull of the tristichopterid Platycephalichthys in CosmoCaixa Barcelona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: Eotetrapodiformes
Coates & Friedman, 2010
Subgroups

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]

  1. Two groups of stem tetrapods called tristichopterids and elpistostegalids.
  2. 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.

Eotetrapodiformes

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