Tetrapodomorpha

Tetrapodomorpha; Temporal range: ; Early Devonian–Present,
	Life restoration of Panderichthys
	Modern tetrapods
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Rhipidistia
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha; Ahlberg, 1991
Subgroups
	†Kenichthys; †Tungsenia; Choanata †Rhizodontida; †"Osteolepidida"; †Tristichopteridae; Elpistostegalia Stegocephali Tetrapoda; ; ; ; See also below.

Tetrapodomorpha (also known as Choanata^[3]) is a clade of vertebrates consisting of tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates) and their closest sarcopterygian relatives that are more closely related to living tetrapods than to living lungfish. Advanced forms transitional between fish and the early labyrinthodonts, such as Tiktaalik, have been referred to as "fishapods" by their discoverers, being half-fish, half-tetrapods, in appearance and limb morphology. The Tetrapodomorpha contains the crown group tetrapods (the last common ancestor of living tetrapods and all of its descendants) and several groups of early stem tetrapods, which includes several groups of related lobe-finned fishes, collectively known as the osteolepiforms. The Tetrapodomorpha minus the crown group Tetrapoda are the stem Tetrapoda, a paraphyletic unit encompassing the fish to tetrapod transition.

^ Lu, J.; Zhu, M.; Long, J. A.; Zhao, W.; Senden, T. J.; Jia, L.; Qiao, T. (2012). "The earliest known stem-tetrapod from the Lower Devonian of China". Nature Communications. 3: 1160. Bibcode:2012NatCo...3.1160L. doi:10.1038/ncomms2170. hdl:1885/69314. PMID 23093197.
^ Merck, John. "And Now For Something Completely Different: Sarcopterygii".
^ Zhu Min; Schultze, Hans-Peter (11 September 2002). Per Erik Ahlberg (ed.). Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution. CRC Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-203-46803-6. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[Tungsenia-1] Lu, J.; Zhu, M.; Long, J. A.; Zhao, W.; Senden, T. J.; Jia, L.; Qiao, T. (2012). "The earliest known stem-tetrapod from the Lower Devonian of China". Nature Communications. 3: 1160. Bibcode:2012NatCo...3.1160L. doi:10.1038/ncomms2170. hdl:1885/69314. PMID 23093197.

[Merck-2] Merck, John. "And Now For Something Completely Different: Sarcopterygii".

[Ahlberg2002-3] Zhu Min; Schultze, Hans-Peter (11 September 2002). Per Erik Ahlberg (ed.). Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution. CRC Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-203-46803-6. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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Tetrapodomorpha Temporal range: Early Devonian–Present,

Life restoration of Panderichthys

Modern tetrapods
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Rhipidistia
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
Subgroups
†Kenichthys †Tungsenia Choanata^[2] †Rhizodontida †"Osteolepidida" †Tristichopteridae Elpistostegalia Stegocephali Tetrapoda See also below.