Phlegethontioidea

From WikiProjectMed
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Phlegethontioidea
Fossil of Pseudophlegethontia turnbullorum in the Field Museum of Natural History.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: Aistopoda
Clade: Phlegethontioidea
Anderson et al., 2003

Phlegethontioidea is a clade of aistopod tetrapodomorphss including the families Phlegethontiidae and Pseudophlegethontiidae. It is a stem-based taxon defined in phylogenetic terms as all aistopods sharing a more recent common ancestor with Phlegethontia than Oestocephalus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Anderson, J.S.; Carroll, R.L.; Rowe, T.B. (2003). "New information on Lethiscus stocki (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli: Aistopoda) from high-resolution computed tomography and a phylogenetic analysis of Aistopoda" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 40 (8): 1071–1083. Bibcode:2003CaJES..40.1071A. doi:10.1139/e03-023.