Phlegethontiidae

Extinct family of tetrapodomorphs

Phlegethontiidae
Life restoration of Phlegethontia longissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: Aistopoda
Clade: Phlegethontioidea
Family: Phlegethontiidae
Cope, 1875

Phlegethontiidae is a family of extinct aistopod tetrapodomorphs including the genera Phlegethontia and Sillerpeton.

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Tetrapodomorpha (Pan-Tetrapoda)
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Clade: Osteichthyes
  • Clade: Sarcopterygii
  • Clade: Rhipidistia
Gnathostomata
    • see Gnathostomata
Tetrapodomorpha
    • see below↓
Rhizodontida
Canowindridae
Megalichthyidae
Eotetrapodiformes
Tristichopteridae
Elpistostegalia
Stegocephali (Tetrapoda sensu lato)
    • see below↓
Rhizodus sp.

Osteolepis macrolepidotus Eusthenopteron foordi

Tiktaalik rosae
Stegocephali (Tetrapoda sensu lato)
Elginerpetontidae
Aistopoda
Oestocephalidae
Phlegethontioidea
Phlegethontiidae
Whatcheeriidae
Colosteidae
Adelospondyli
Adelogyrinidae
"Nectridea"
    • see Nectridea
Baphetoidea
Baphetidae
Other post-
Devonian genera
Embolomeri
Gephyrostegidae
Other "anthracosaurs"
Tetrapoda
(crown group)
Temnospondyli (Batrachomorpha?)
Reptiliomorpha (Pan-Amniota)
    • see Reptiliomorpha
    • includes Amniota
Phlegethontia longissima

Acanthostega gunnari Crassigyrinus scoticus Eucritta melanolimnetes Archeria crassidisca

Bruktererpeton fiebigi
Paraphyletic /
Polyphyletic groups
Other topics
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Taxon identifiers
Phlegethontiidae
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