| Acanthostega Temporal range: Late Devonian (Famennian),
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Clade: | Stegocephali |
| Family: | †Acanthostegidae Jarvik, 1952 |
| Genus: | †Acanthostega Jarvik, 1952 |
| Species: | †A. gunnari
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| †Acanthostega gunnari Jarvik, 1952
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Acanthostega (meaning "spiny roof") is an extinct genus of stem-tetrapod, among the first vertebrate animals to have recognizable limbs. It appeared in the late Devonian period (Famennian age) about 365 million years ago, and was anatomically intermediate between lobe-finned fishes and those that were fully capable of coming onto land.[1][2]
- ^ Benton, Michael J. (2019). "Acanthostega". Vertebrate Palaeontology (Kindle ed.). Wiley. p. 90.
- ^ [1] Archived February 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine