<==o Sarcopterygii (Flesh-finned bonefishes; lihaseväiset kalat)
|?-o †ONYCHODONTIFORMES
| `-- †Onychodontidae
`--+--o COELACANTHINIMORPHA [Actinistia] (latimeriansukuiset varsieväkalat; coelacanths)
| |-- Miguashaiidae [paraphyletic?]
| `--+-- †Diplocercidae
| `--+?- †Euporosteidae
| `--+?- †Rhabdodermatidae
| `--+?- †Hadronectoridae
| `--+-- †Laugiidae
| `--+-- †Whiteiidae
| `--o COELACANTHIFORMES
| |-- †Coelacanthidae
| `--+-- †Mawsoniidae
| `-- Latimeridae [jr. synon. to Coelacanthidae??] (latimeriat)
`--o Choanata ["Rhipidistia"] (sisäsieraimelliset)
|--o Dipnomorpha (keuhkokalamaiset; lungfish-like sarcopterygians)
| |--o †Porolepiformes
| | |-- †Porolepidae
| | `--o †Holoptychioidea
| | `-- †Holoptychidae
| `--o Dipnoiformes (lungfishes; keuhkokalat)
| |-- †Powichthyidae
| `--+-- †Youngolepidae?
| `--o Dipnoi [Dipneusti]
| |-- †Diabolepidae?
| `--+-- †Uranolophidae [Uranolophina:]
| `--o Dipnorynchina
| |?- †Holodontidae
| |-- †Dipnorhynchidae
| `--o Speonesydrionina? [tooth-plated dipnoans]
| |-- †Chirodipteridae
| |-- †Stomiahykidae
| `--+== †Dipteridae
| |-- †Rhynchodipteridae
| `--+-- †Fleurantiidae
| `--+-- †Phaneropleuridae
| |-- †Ctenodontidae
| |-- †Sagenodontidae
| `--+-- †Conchopomidae
| `--+-- †Uronemidae
| `--o Ceratodiformes [incl. Lepidosireniformes] (Recent lungfishes; nykykeuhkokalat)
| |--+-- †Asiatoceratodontidae
| | `--+-- †Ptychoceratodontidae
| | `--+-- †Ceratodontidae
| | `-- Neoceratodontidae [Ceratodidae] (australiankeuhkokalat)
| `--o Lepidosireniformes
| |-- †Gnathorhizidae
| `-- Lepidosirenidae [Protopteridae] (siimaeväkeuhkokalat)
`--o Tetrapodomorpha [Osteolepimorpha] (maaselkärankaismaiset varsieväkalat; terrestrial vertebrate-like sarcopterygians)
|--o †Rhizodontida
| `-- †Rhizodontidae
`--o Osteolepida [Osteolepiformes]
|-- †Osteolepididae
|?- †Thysanolepidae
`--+-- †Megalichthyidae
`--+-- †Canowindridae
`--+-- †Tristichopteridae
`--o †Elpistostegalia [Panderichthyida]
|-- †Elpistostegidae
|-- †Panderichthyidae
`-- TETRAPODA sensu Goodrich 1930 (maaselkärankaiset; landvertebrates = four-limbed vertebrates(tetrapods))
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