Cladistia

Cladistia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Polypterus senegalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Infraphylum:	Gnathostomata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Cladistia Cope 1870
Guildayichthyiformes Lund 2000 Guildayichthyidae Lund 2000 Polypteriformes Polypteridae

Cladistia is a clade of bony fishes that currently consists of few anguilliform (eel-shaped) remnants of an ancient diversity.^[1] Their major synapomorphies are a dorsal fin with independent rays, and a posteriorly elongated parasphenoid.

Cladistia is the sister group of Actinopteri.

Phylogeny

Based on work done by Lund 2000 ^[2]

Guildayichthyidae †Guildayichthys carnegiei Lund 2000 †Discoserra pectinodon Lund 2000 Polypteriformes ?†Latinopollia Meunier and Gayet 1998 ?†Dagetella sudamericana ?†Bartschichthys ?†Sudania ?†Saharaichthys ?†Sainthilaria ?†Inbecetemia ?†Nagaia extrema Polypteridae †Bawitius bartheli (Schaal 1984) Grandstaff et al. 2012 †Serenoichthys kemkemensis Dutheil 1999 Calamoichthys calabaricus (Smith, 1865) Polypterus

References

1. G. Lecointre & H. Le Guyader, 2007, The Tree of Life: A Phylogenetic Classification, Harvard University Press Reference Library
2. Mikko Haaramo. "Cladistia – bichirs and relatives". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 2013-10-26.