Cladistia
| Cladistia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Recent |
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| Polypterus senegalus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
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Cladistia Pander 1860 emend. Cope 1871 sensu Lund 2000 |
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Cladistia is a clade of bony fishes that currently consists of few anguilliform (eel-shaped) remnants of an ancient diversity. Their major synapomorphies are a dorsal fin with independent rays, and a posteriorly elongated parasphenoid.
Cladistia is the sister group of Actinopteri.
Based on work done by Lund 2000
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