After Janvier, 1981, 1997 and Shu et al., 2003
<==o Vertebrata |?- †Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa Shu, Zhang & Han, 1999 |?- †Haikouichthys ercaicunensis Luo, Hu & Shu, 1999 sensu Shu et al., 2003 |-- Hyperoartii Müller, 1844 [Hyperoartia] (lampreys; nahkiaiskalat) `--+?- †Conodonta Eichenberg, 1930 sensu Sweet & Donoghue, 2001 [Conodontia, Euconodonta, Conodontophorida] (conodonts; konodontit; ) `--+-- †Pteraspidomorphi Goodrich, 1909 [Diplorhina] (“kaksisieraimiset”) `--+-- †Anaspida `--+?= †Thelodonti [Thelodontomorphi Jaekel, 1911] [paraphyletic??] `--+-- †Galeaspida `--+--o †Pituriaspida | |-- †Pituriaspis doylei | `-- †Neeyambaspis sp. |-- †Osteostraci Lankester, 1868 [Cephalaspidiformes] `--o “Gnathostomatomorpha” |?- †Eleochera glossa Sansom & Smith, 2005 |-- †Furcacaudiformes Wilson & Caldwell, 1998 (“fork-tailed thelodonts”) `--o Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates; leualliset selkärankaiset) |?- †Placodermi [Placodermiomorphi] (placoderms; panssarikalat) `--+-- Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 [Chondrichthiomorphi] (rustokalat; sharks & rays) `--o Teleostomi |-- †Acanthodii (spike-fin fishes; piikkieväkalat) `--o Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 [Neoteleostomi] (bonefishes; luukalat) |?- †Andreolepis Gross, 1968 |?- †Lophosteus |?- †Naxilepis Wang & Dong, 1989 |?- †Psarolepis romeri [problematic, see “Sarcopterygii” or “Dipnomorpha” for other positions] `--+-- Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955 (flesh-finned bonefishes, including tetrapods; lihaseväiset luukalat) `-- Actinopterygii Cope, 1887 (viuhkaeväiset luukalat; ray-finned bonefishes)
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