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Paraphyletic taxon: Subclass Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955 - lobe-finned fishes and tetrapods (fish)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Osteichthyes

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Current position

Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 86.

Historical positions

*Osteichthyes* (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 86.
*Osteichthyes* (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 102-103 (incl. fig.).
*Osteichthyes* (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 436, box 3.7 (p. 74).
*Osteichthyes* (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: K.E. Mickle et al., 2009: 625.
*Osteichthyes* (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 62, 393, box 3.6.
*Osteichthyes* (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: R. Lund & C. Poplin, 2002: fig. 2.
*Osteichthyes* (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 611.
*Osteichthyes* (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: A.S. Romer & T.S. Parsons, 1986: App. 1 (p. 621).
*Osteichthyes* (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 858.
*Osteichthyes* (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 680.
*Osteichthyes* (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1o; †3f;6g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2o;4f;4g;8s;5ss]
2018	R. van der Laan: 92	[2o;4f; †8o;42f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 111	[3ic; †4ic]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 612	[2o;3f; †23f]
1986	A.S. Romer & T.S. Parsons: App. 1 (p. 621)	[2o]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 859	[4o;5f;6g;18s]

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