Synonym: Marsipobranchii
Parent taxon: Vertebrata according to T. Miyashita et al. 2021
See also Bardack and Zangerl 1968, Gadow 1898, Jaekel 1911 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Acrania, Agnatha, Ammopus, Apedolepis, Artenolepis, Cephalaspidomorpha, Craniota, Cyclostomi, Eosaurus, Eotetrapoda, Galeaspida, Gnathostomata, Herpetichthyes, Hoplichnus, Hypichthyes, Lepidotosaurus, Mannodon, Myzichthyes, Ophis, Ostracophori, Pachycardia, Palaeoxyris, Petromyzontomorphi, Pituriaspida, Protetrapoda, Saurornia, Thoracophis, Tidaeus, Toxichnus, Zamponiopteron, Pteraspidomorphi, Myxinomorphi, Osteostracomorphi, Myllokunmingiiformes, Conodontomorpha, Anaspidomorphi, Coluber arcuatus, Thelodontomorphi
Subtaxa: Anaspida Conodontophorida Hypospondyli Myxini Palaeospondyli Petromyzontes Petromyzontida
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