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<==o †Acanthodii (piikkieväkalat)
   |--o †Ischnacanthiformes Berg, 1940
   |  |-- †Poracanthodidae Vergoossen, 1999
   |  `-- †Ischnacanthidae Woodward, 1891
   `--+--o †Climatiiformes Berg, 1940
      |  |-- †Euthacanthidae [Ethacanthidae, lapsus calami?]
      |  `--+--o †Climatiida
      |     |  |-- †Gyracanthidae
      |     |  `-- †Climatiidae Berg, 1940
      |     `--o †Diplacanthiida [Diplacanthiformes Berg, 1940]
      |        |-- †Culmacanthidae
      |        |-- †Tetanopsyridae
      |        `-- †Diplacanthidae Woodward, 1891
      `--o †Acanthodiformes Berg, 1940 [Acanthodidae Huxley, 1861 sensu Carroll, 1988]
         |-- †Mesacanthidae
         `--+-- †Cheiracanthidae
            `-- †Acanthodidae Huxley, 1861

Reference(s):

Burrow, C. J., 2003: Earliest Devonian gnathostome microremains from central New South Wales (Australia).
–Geodiversitas: Vol. 25, #2, pp. 273-228

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698

Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
–Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, pp. 1-223

Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600

Warren, A., Currie, B. P., Burrow, C. & Turner, S., 2000: A rededescription and reinterpretation of Gyracanthus murrayi Woodward 1906 (Acanthodii, Gyracanthidae) from the Lower Carboniferous of the Mansfield Basin, Victoria, Australia.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 20, #2, pp. 225-242

 

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