Open AccessA review of the lower actinopterygian phylogeny
Author(s) -
GARDINER BRIAN G.,
SCHAEFFER BOBB,
MASSERIE JUDY A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
zoological journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1096-3642
pISSN - 0024-4082
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00181.x
Subject(s) - paraphyly , biology , sister group , clade , phylogenetics , zoology , actinopterygii , group (periodic table) , evolutionary biology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , genetics , gene , chemistry , organic chemistry
A review of lower actinopterygian phylogeny has led us to the conclusion that the Cladistia are the sister group of Recent actinopterygians (Actinopteri) and that the extinct Palaeonisciformes are a paraphyletic group, comprising stem‐group actinopterygians (e.g. Cheirolepis ), stem‐group actinopterans (e.g. Moythomasia ) and relatives of higher actinopterans such as Pteronisculus . Our analysis further concluded that the Acipenseriformes formed a clade together with Saurichthys and Birgeria , which was most parsimoniously resolved when the Acipenseriformes and Saurichthys were sister groups. © 2005 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2005, 144 , 511−525.