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Elpistostegalia
Taxonomy
Elpistostegalia was named by Camp and Alison (1961).
It was reranked as the infraclass Elpistostegalia by Long (2011) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Dipnotetrapodomorpha by Long (2011); to Sarcopterygii by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Tetrapodomorpha by Daeschler et al. (2006) and Stewart et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the infraclass Elpistostegalia by Long (2011) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Dipnotetrapodomorpha by Long (2011); to Sarcopterygii by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Tetrapodomorpha by Daeschler et al. (2006) and Stewart et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1961 | Elpistostegalia Camp and Alison |
| 2006 | Elpistostegalia Daeschler et al. p. 759 |
| 2011 | Elpistostegalia Long p. 244 |
| 2016 | Elpistostegalia Nelson et al. p. 111 |
| 2022 | Elpistostegalia Stewart et al. p. 564 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. †Elpistostegalia Camp and Alison 1961
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Invalid names: Elpistostegaliformes [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Devonian or 382.70000 to 358.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Devonian | Canada (Nunavut) | Qikiqtania wakei (231988) |