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Monophyletic 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.
       Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
         Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
           Eugnathostomata
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Subclass Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955 - lobe-finned fishes and tetrapods see [unranked] Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                   Infraclass Actinistia Cope, 1872 [monotypic] - coelacanths see [unranked] Coelacanthimorpha
                     Order Coelacanthiformes Jarvik, 1942 - coelacanths
                       1 Family †Miguashaiidae Forey, 1998
                       2.1 Family †Diplocercidae Berg, 1940 see Family Diplocercididae Berg, 1940
                       2.2.1 Family †Hadronectoridae Lund & Lund, 1984
                       2.2.2.1 Family †Rhabdodermatidae Berg, 1955 [paraphyletic?]
                       2.2.2.2.1 Family †Laugiidae Berg, 1940
                       2.2.2.2.2.1 Family †Whiteiidae Forey, 1998
                       2.2.2.2.2.2.1 Family †Rebellatricidae Wendruff & Wilson, 2012
                       2.2.2.2.2.2.2.1 Family †Coelacanthidae Agassiz, 1844
                       2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.1 Family †Mawsoniidae Forey, 1998
                       2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2 Family Latimeriidae Berg, 1940 - coelacanths

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