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Taxon: Order Coelacanthiformes Jarvik, 1942 - coelacanths (fish)
Classification by:

Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
       Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
         Myopterygii Janvier, 1978 - myopterygians
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Class Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955 - lobe-finned fishes and tetrapods see [unranked] Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                   Subclass Coelacanthimorpha [monotypic] see [unranked] Coelacanthimorpha
                     Order Coelacanthiformes Jarvik, 1942 - coelacanths
                       1 Family †Miguashaiidae Forey, 1998 [monotypic]
                       2 Family †Diplocercidae Berg, 1940 [monotypic] see Family Diplocercididae Berg, 1940
                       3 Family †Hadronectoridae Lund & Lund, 1984
                       4 Family †Rhabdodermatidae Berg, 1955
                       5 Family †Laugiidae Berg, 1940
                       6 Family †Whiteiidae Forey, 1998 [monotypic]
                       7 Family †Coelacanthidae Agassiz, 1844
                       8 Family †Mawsoniidae Forey, 1998
                       9 Family Latimeriidae Berg, 1940 - coelacanths

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