Ginglymodi Temporal range: Permian records
Possible | |
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Spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) | |
Macrosemimimus fegerti (Semionotiformes) from the Upper Jurassic of Germany | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Infraclass: | Holostei |
Clade: | Ginglymodi Cope, 1871 |
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Ginglymodi is a clade of ray-finned fish containing modern-day gars (Lepisosteidae) and their extinct relatives (including the family Lepidotidae) in the order Lepisosteiformes, the extinct orders Semionotiformes and Kyphosichthyiformes, and various other extinct taxa. Ginglymodi is one of the two major subgroups of the infraclass Holostei, the other one being Halecomorphi, which contains the bowfin and eyespot bowfin and their fossil relatives.[1][2]