†family Ichthyostegidae Save-Soderbergh 1932 (lobe-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Tetrapodomorpha - Ichthyostegidae
Parent taxon: Tetrapodomorpha according to J. A. Clack and A. R. Milner 2015
See also Carroll 1988 and Kuhn 1946
Sister taxa: Canowindridae, Cricodus, Densignathus, Elginerpetidae, Elginerpetontidae, Elpistostegalia, Eotetrapodiformes, Gogonasus, Harajicadectes, Hongyu, Hynerpeton, Jakubsonia, Kenichthys, Livoniana, Metaxygnathus, Sinostega, Spodichthys, Tetrapoda, Tulerpetidae, Tungsenia, Ventastega
Subtaxa: Ichthyostega Ichthyostegopsis Ymeria
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection)
• Devonian of Belgium (1), Greenland (4)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences