Elpistostegalia

Elpistostegalia; Temporal range: ; Middle Devonian (Givetian) – Present, (Possible Eifelian record, 395 Ma)
	Panderichthys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Clade:	Eotetrapodiformes
Clade:	Elpistostegalia; Camp & Allison, 1961
Subgroups
	†Howittichthys?; †Livoniana; †Panderichthys; †Parapanderichthys; †Qikiqtania; †Rubrognathus; †Tiktaalik; Stegocephali;
Synonyms
	Panderichthyida Vorobyeva, 1989;

Elpistostegalia is a clade containing Panderichthys and all more derived tetrapodomorph taxa. The earliest elpistostegalians, combining fishlike and tetrapod-like characters, such as Tiktaalik, are sometimes called fishapods. Although historically Elpistostegalia (often spelled Panderichthyida) was considered an order of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes, it was cladistically redefined to include tetrapods.

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