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Dipnoiformes (disused)

Dipnoi

Taxonomy
Dipnoiformes was named by Cloutier (1990). It is extant.

It was reranked as the order Dipnoiformes by Long (2011) and Krupina and Prisyazhnaya (2014).

It was assigned to Sarcopterygii by Schultze (1993); to Sarcopterygii by Dineley and Metcalf (1999); to Sarcopterygii by Young and Schultze (2005); to Dipterimorpha by Long (2011); and to Dipnoi by Krupina and Prisyazhnaya (2014).

Subtaxa
Sister taxa
Diabolepidida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Dipnoiformes Cloutier
1993Dipnoiformes Schultze
1999Dipnoiformes Dineley and Metcalf p. 11
2005Dipnoiformes Young and Schultze
2011Dipnoiformes Long p. 244
2014Dipnoiformes Krupina and Prisyazhnaya

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
orderDipnoiformes(Cloutier 1990)
orderDipnoiformes(Cloutier 1990)

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.

Or. Dipnoiformes Cloutier 1990
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Invalid names: Diabolepidida Schultze 1993 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available