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Elpistostegalia

Taxonomy
Elpistostegalia was named by Camp and Alison (1961).

It was reranked as the infraclass Elpistostegalia by Long (2011) and Nelson et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Dipnotetrapodomorpha by Long (2011); to Sarcopterygii by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Tetrapodomorpha by Daeschler et al. (2006) and Stewart et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Elpistostegalia Camp and Alison
2006Elpistostegalia Daeschler et al. p. 759
2011Elpistostegalia Long p. 244
2016Elpistostegalia Nelson et al. p. 111
2022Elpistostegalia Stewart et al. p. 564

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
ElpistostegaliaCamp and Alison 1961
ElpistostegaliaCamp and Alison 1961

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Elpistostegalia Camp and Alison 1961
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G. †Platycephalichthys Vorobyeva 1959
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Platycephalichthys bischoffi Vorobyeva 1962
Platycephalichthys rohoni Vorobyeva 1959
Platycephalichthys skuenicus Vorobyeva 1977
G. †Qikiqtania Stewart et al. 2022
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Qikiqtania wakei Stewart et al. 2022
Invalid names: Elpistostegaliformes [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available