After Laurin, 1996-2001 ["The Tree of Life"]
<==o Stegocephali Laurin, 1998a [Tetrapoda Haworth, 1825 sensu Goodrich 1930 and Laurin & Reisz, 1997; Tetrapodamorpha Ahlberg, 1991] (maaselkärankaiset; tetrapods = vertebrates with four recognizible limbs) |--o †Elginerpentonidae | |-- †Elginerpeton pancheni Ahlberg, 1995 | `-- †Obruchevichthys gracilis Vorobyeva, 1977 `--+?- †Densignathus rowei Daeschler, 2000 |--+?- †Metaxygnathus denticulus Campbell & Bell, 1977 | `-- †Ventastega curonica Ahlberg, Luksevics & Lebedev, 1994 [Panderichthys bystrovi Gross, 1941, in partim] `--+-- †Acanthostega gunnari Save-Söderbergh [Acanthostegidae] `--+--o †Ichthyostegidae | |-- †Ichthyostegidae gen. et sp. indet. [U. Dev. WEu. (Belgium)] [Clément et al., 2004] | `--o †Ichthyostega Säve-Söderbergh, 1932 [Ichthyostegopsis] | |-- †I. stensioi Säve-Söderbergh, 1932 [I. kochi] | |-- †I. eigili [Ichthyostegopsis wimani] | `-- †I. watsoni `--+-- †Hynerpeton bassetti Daeschler, Shubin, Thomson & Amaral, 1994 `--+--o †Whatcheeriidae Clack, 2002 | |-- †Ossinodus pueri Warren & Turner, 2004 | `--+-- †Whatcheeria deltae Lombard & Bolt, 1995 | `-- †Pederpes finneyae Clack, 2002 |-- †Crassigyrinus scoticus [Crassigyrinidae] `--+-- †Baphetoidea [Loxommotoidea] `--o Tetrapoda sensu lato [last common ancester of temnospondyls and Recent tetrapods] |-- Temnospondyli sensu Laurin & Reisz, 1997 `-- Reptiliomorpha (vesikalvollismaiset tetrapodit; amniote-like tetrapods)
Stegocephali incertae sedis:
†Antlerpeton clarkii Thomson, Shubin & Poole, 1998
Reference(s):
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