†unranked clade Elpistostegalia Camp and Alison 1961
Sarcopterygii - Elpistostegalia
Parent taxon: Tetrapodomorpha according to T. Stewart et al. 2022
See also Daeschler et al. 2006, Long 2011 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Canowindridae, Cricodus, Densignathus, Elginerpetidae, Elginerpetontidae, Eotetrapodiformes, Gogonasus, Harajicadectes, Hongyu, Hynerpeton, Ichthyostegidae, Jakubsonia, Kenichthys, Livoniana, Metaxygnathus, Sinostega, Spodichthys, Tetrapoda, Tulerpetidae, Tungsenia, Ventastega
Subtaxa: Elpistostegaliformes Qikiqtania
Distribution: found only at NV0401 (Devonian of Nunavut)