VERTEBRATA

PARENT CLADES:

Animalia

CLADOGRAM:

—Vertebrata “vertebrae”
|?-Hyperoartia *
|?-Conodontia *
|–Pteraspidomorphi =Diplorhina (lampreys, etc.)
|?-Thelodonti *
`–+?-Anaspida *
`–+–Galeaspida *
`–+?-Pituriaspida *
|–Osteostraci *
`–Gnathostomata “jawed mouths” (animals with jaws)
|–Placodermi (certain armored fish) *
|–Chondrichthyes “cartilaginous fish” (sharks, rays, ratfish)
`–Teleostomi (animals with bony skeletons)
|–Acanthodii (spiny “sharks”) *
`–Osteichthyes “bony fish” =Euteleostomi =Neoteleostomi
|?-Psarolepis *
`?-Lophosteiformes *
|–Actinopterygii “ray fins” (ray-finned fish)
`–Sarcopterygii “flesh fins” (vertebrates with fleshy limbs)
|?-Onychodontiformes =Sturniiformes *
`–+–Coelacanthomorpha =Actinistia (coelacanths, etc.)
`–“Rhipidistia”
|–Dipnomorpha
| |–Dipnoi (lungfish)
| `–Porolepiformes *
`–Tetrapodomorpha
|–Kenichthys *
`–+–Rhizodontida *
`–“Osteolepimorpha” ?=Choanata
|?-Osteolepididae
`–+–Megalichthyidae *
`–+–Medoevia *
`–+–Canowindridae *
`–+–Gryptoptychius *
`–+–Thristicopteridae =Eusthenopteridae *
`–Elpistostegalia =Panderichthyida
|–Elpistostega *
|–Panderichthys *
`—->Tetrapoda