Actinistia

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Actinistia Rank Subclass		Phylum Chordata Higher classification Sarcopterygii

Similar Sarcopterygii, Bony fishes, Rhipidistia, Latimeria, West Indian Oc

Actinistia is a subclass of mostly fossil lobe-finned fishes. This subclass contains the coelacanths (Order Coelacanthiformes), including the two living coelacanths, both of the genus Latimeria: the West Indian Ocean coelacanth and the king of the sea.

Taxonomy

Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and tetrapods)

Subclass Actinistia

Family Miguashaiidae (Devonian)

Miguashaia

Family Diplocercidae (Devonian and Lower Carboniferous)

Dictyonosteus

Diplocercides (Nesides)

Family Hadronectoridae

Allenypterus

Hadronector

Holopterygius

Lochmocercus

Polyosteorhynchus

Spermatodus

Family Rhabdodermatidae (Primarily Carboniferous)

Caridosuctor

Rhabdoderma

Sassenia

Family Laugiidae (Lower Triassic to Lower Cretaceous)

Coccoderma

Laugia

Trachymetopon

Order Coelacanthiformes (coelacanths)

Family Whiteiidae

Family Rebellatricidae

Suborder Latimerioidei

Family Mawsoniidae

Family Latimeriidae

Phylogeny

The following cladograms are based on multiple sources.

References

Actinistia Wikipedia

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