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SARCOPTERYGII: LOBE-FINNED FISH

A page covering the earliest lobe-finned fish, as well as tracing the ancestry of today's coelacanth and lungfish. The immediate ancestors of tetrapods are treated elsewhere.

	Sarcopterygii †Guiyu
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Bukkanodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Selenodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Grossius
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Onychodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Qongmenodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Strunius
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia †Euporosteus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia †Gavinia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia †Miguashaia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia †Diplocercides
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Atacamaia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Luopingcoelacanthus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Yunnancoelacanthus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Chinlea
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Parnaibaia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Trachymetopon
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Lualabaea
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Axelrodichthys
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Mawsonia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Garnbergia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Diplurus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Megalocoelacanthus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Libys
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Ticinepomis
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Foreyia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Holophagus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Undina
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Macropoma
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Swenzia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae Latimeria chalumnae gombessa, West Indian Ocean coelacanth
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae Latimeria menadoensis Indonesian coelacanth
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Porolepidae †Heimenia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Porolepidae †Porolepis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Ventalepis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Duffichthys
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Pseudosauripterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Glyptolepis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Holoptychius
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Laccognathus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Diabolepis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Westollrhynchus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Ichnomylax
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Dipnorhynchus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Speonesydrion
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Uranolophus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Stomiahykus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Iowadipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Jessenia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Melanognathus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Tarachomylax
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Dipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Adolophas
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Chirodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Gogodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Pillararhynchus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Sorbitorhynchus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Sinodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Rhinodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Soederberghia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Griphognathus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Holodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Andreyevicthys
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Scaumenacia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Adelargo
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Sagenodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Howidipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Barwickia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Fleurentia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Orlovichthys
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Rhinodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Conchopoma
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Ganopristodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei †Paraceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei †Ferganoceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei †Ceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei †Gosfordia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei †Ptychoceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Archaeoceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Asiatoceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Mioceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Neoceratodus africanus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Neoceratodus eyrensis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Neoceratodus potkooroki
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Neoceratodus nargun
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Neoceratodus palmeri
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae Neoceratodus forsteri Queensland lungfish
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Gnathorhizidae †Gnathorhiza
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Gnathorhizidae †Persephonichthys
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus crassidens
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus elongus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus libycus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus nigeriensis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus polli
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus protopteroides
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus regulatus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae Protopterus aethiopicus marbled lungfish
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae Protopterus amphibius East African lungfish, gilled African lungfish
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae Protopterus annectens West African lungfish
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae Protopterus dolloi slender lungfish, spotted African lungfish
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae Lepidosiren paradoxa American mud-fish, South American lungfish
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	Sarcopterygii †Guiyu
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Bukkanodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Selenodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Grossius
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Onychodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Qongmenodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Onychodontida †Strunius
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia †Euporosteus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia †Gavinia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia †Miguashaia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia †Diplocercides
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Atacamaia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Luopingcoelacanthus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Yunnancoelacanthus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Chinlea
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Parnaibaia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Trachymetopon
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Lualabaea
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Axelrodichthys
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Mawsoniidae †Mawsonia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Garnbergia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Diplurus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Megalocoelacanthus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Libys
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Ticinepomis
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Foreyia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Holophagus
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Undina
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Macropoma
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae †Swenzia
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae Latimeria chalumnae gombessa, West Indian Ocean coelacanth
	Sarcopterygii \| Actinistia \| Latimeroidei \| Latimeriidae Latimeria menadoensis Indonesian coelacanth
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Porolepidae †Heimenia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Porolepidae †Porolepis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Ventalepis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Duffichthys
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Pseudosauripterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Glyptolepis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Holoptychius
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Porolepiformes \| Holoptychidae †Laccognathus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Diabolepis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Westollrhynchus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Ichnomylax
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Dipnorhynchus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Speonesydrion
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Uranolophus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Stomiahykus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Iowadipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Jessenia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Melanognathus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Tarachomylax
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Dipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Adolophas
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Chirodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Gogodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Pillararhynchus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Sorbitorhynchus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Sinodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Rhinodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Soederberghia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Griphognathus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Holodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Andreyevicthys
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Scaumenacia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Adelargo
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Sagenodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Howidipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Barwickia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Fleurentia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Orlovichthys
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Rhinodipterus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Conchopoma
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi †Ganopristodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei †Paraceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei †Ferganoceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei †Ceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei †Gosfordia
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei †Ptychoceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Archaeoceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Asiatoceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Mioceratodus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Neoceratodus africanus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Neoceratodus eyrensis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Neoceratodus potkooroki
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Neoceratodus nargun
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae †Neoceratodus palmeri
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Neoceratodotidae Neoceratodus forsteri Queensland lungfish
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Gnathorhizidae †Gnathorhiza
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Gnathorhizidae †Persephonichthys
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus crassidens
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus elongus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus libycus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus nigeriensis
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus polli
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus protopteroides
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae †Protopterus regulatus
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae Protopterus aethiopicus marbled lungfish
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae Protopterus amphibius East African lungfish, gilled African lungfish
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae Protopterus annectens West African lungfish
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae Protopterus dolloi slender lungfish, spotted African lungfish
	Sarcopterygii \| Dipnomorpha \| Dipnoi \| Ceratodontoidei \| Lepidosirenidae Lepidosiren paradoxa American mud-fish, South American lungfish
	*TETRAPODOMORPHA* Click here to learn more

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SARCOPTERYGII: LOBE-FINNED FISH

A page covering the earliest lobe-finned fish, as well as tracing the ancestry of today's coelacanth and lungfish. The immediate ancestors of tetrapods are treated elsewhere.