In crown-based usage, the clade comprising the most recent common ancestor of living coelacanths, lungfish and tetrapods, and all its descendants. Lobed, internally supported paired appendages provide a traditional diagnostic character; inherited organization can persist despite conversion of fins into limbs.
A finned Devonian relative of digit-bearing vertebrates. Its pectoral skeleton combines retained fin rays with jointed internal structures relevant to limb evolution.
A member of the lungfish lineage, one of the living branches included in Sarcopterygii.
A member of the coelacanth lineage of sarcopterygians. Living representatives are specialized descendants, not unchanged ancestral fish.

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  1. Osteichthyes
  2. Gnathostome
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  5. Eukaryote
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