Family Polypterini Bonaparte 1837 (lobe-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Crossopterygidae according to T. H. Huxley 1861
Sister taxa: Achoania, Actinistia, Actinistia, Akinetia, Dipnomorpha, Dipnotetrapodomorpha, Guiyu, Lepidosireniformes, Ligulalepis, Onychodontia, Onychodontida, Osteolepidida, Psarolepis, Ptyctolepis, Rhipidistia, Rhizodontida, Tetrapoda, Eugnathi, Heterocerci, Coelacanthini, Platysomi, Haplistia, Taxistia, Belonorhynchi, Belonostomi, Osteolepidae, Saurodipterini, Lepidostei, Cyclolepidi, Amii
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Polypterini in the database