Actinistia Temporal range: Devonian–Recent |
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West Indian Ocean coelacanth | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sarcopterygii |
Subclass: |
Actinistia Cope, 1871 |
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Actinistia is a subclass of mostly fossil lobe-finned fishes. This subclass contains the coelacanths (Order Coelacanthiformes), including the two living coelacanths, both of the genus Latimeria: the West Indian Ocean coelacanth and the king of the sea.
The following cladograms are based on multiple sources.