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, Haplistia, Heterocerci, Osteolepidae, Amii, Cyclolepidi, Taxistia, Platysomi, Belonorhynchi, Lepidostei, Saurodipterini, Belonostomi, Coelacanthini, Eugnathi
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Polypterini in the database