Vertebrate and fish trees

List of cladograms tested for their correspondence with stratigraphic data. Cladograms are listed alphabetically. For each group, data are listed in order, as follows:

• Group name
• Tree size (number of terminals)
• SRL, Standard range length, the total time represented by known fossil ranges
• MIG, Minimum implied gap or ‘ghost range’
• Gmin, the minimum possible ghost range when cladogram branches are rearranged
• Gmax, the maximum possible ghost range when cladogram branches are rearranged
• RCI, the Relative completeness index (Benton, 1994)
• RCI and GER Sig., significance of the RCI and GER measures
• No. consistent nodes, the number of stratigraphically consistent nodes
• SCI, the Stratigraphic consistency index (Huelsenbeck, 1994)
• SCI Sig., significance of the SCI measure
• GER, the Gap excess ratio (Wills, 1999)
• Range, the broad stratigraphic range of the cladogram
• Reference, the source of the cladogram assessed

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Group	No. terminals	SRL	MIG	Gmin	Gmax	RCI	RCI & GER Sig	Consistent nodes	SCI	SCI Sig.	GER	Range of O	Reference
Vertebrata(1)	16	721	186	67	783	74.202497	0.5	7	0.5	0.5	0.833799	Ord-Dev	Wilson & Caldwell (1998, fig. 9)
Agnatha(1)	8	1125	719	478	839	36.088889	84.25	2	0.333333	100	0.33241	Camb-Carb	Halstead (1982, fig. 5)
Agnatha(2)	4	135	149	97	149	-10.37037	100	1	0.5	82.75	0	Camb-Carb	Janvier (1981, fig. 11)
Agnatha(3)	6	1039	673	478	719	35.226179	73.25	2	0.5	88	0.19087	Camb-Carb	Janvier (1981, fig. 13a)
Agnatha(4)	6	1039	673	478	719	35.226179	71.25	2	0.5	88	0.19087	Camb-Carb	Janvier (1981, fig. 13b)
Agnatha(5)	6	115	42	21	84	63.478261	20	3	0.75	20	0.66667	Camb-Carb	Janvier (1984, fig. 4)
Agnatha(6)	8	1125	645	478	839	42.666667	20.5	4	0.666667	3.5	0.5374	Camb-Carb	Janvier (1984, fig. 8)
Agnatha(7)	7	1054	636	478	802	39.658444	24	3	0.6	10.5	0.51235	Camb-Carb	Maisey (1986, fig. 3)
Agnatha(8)	7	1054	673	478	802	36.148008	31.25	3	0.6	12	0.39815	Camb-Carb	Maisey (1986, fig. 3)
Agnatha(9)	11	1736	683	470	961	60.656682	5.25	4	0.444444	29.75	0.56619	Camb-Carb	Novitskaya and Talimaa (1989) in Janvier and Blieck (1993, fig. 6)
Agnatha(10)	7	1056	640	470	754	39.393939	29	1	0.2	100	0.40141	Camb-Carb	Moy-Thomas and Miles (1971) in Janvier and Blieck (1993, fig. 6)
Agnatha(11)	12	1195	794	470	995	33.556485	85	3	0.3	100	0.38286	Camb-Carb	Halstead (1982) in Janvier and Blieck (1993, fig. 6)
Agnatha(12)	10	1180	752	478	863	36.271186	46.25	2	0.25	100	0.28831	Camb-Carb	Gagnier (1989) in Janvier and Blieck (1993, fig. 6)
Agnatha(13)	10	1064	637	466	1239	40.131579	4	6	0.75	21.75	0.77878	Camb-Carb	Forey & Janvier (1993, fig. 4)
Agnatha: Galeaspida	8	162	36	21	48	77.777778	5	5	0.833333	11	0.44444	Sil-Dev	Janvier (1985, fig. 36)
Agnatha: Heterostraci	7	749	627	478	802	16.288385	21	4	0.8	4.5	0.54012	Sil-Dev	Janvier (1981, fig. 16)
Agnatha: Osteostraci	7	162	90	21	90	44.444444	100	0	0	100	0	Sil-Dev	Janvier (1985, fig. 37)
Osteostraci: Cephalaspidomorphi	6	209	466	466	818	-122.96651	1.5	4	1	1.5	1	Ord-Rec	Janvier & Lund (1983, fig. 5)
Osteostraci: Cephalaspidomorphi	5	175	119	119	216	32	9.5	3	1	9.5	1		Janvier & Lund (1983, fig. 5)
Osteostraci: Thyestidians(1)	5	105		6	6	94.28571	100	2	0.666667	100		Sil-Dev	Janvier (1985, fig. 40)
Osteostraci: Thyestidians(2)	11	214	147	21	189	31.308411	50.5	3	0.333333	50.5	0.25	Sil-Dev	Forey (1987b, fig. 8)
Osteostraci: Thyestidians(3)	11	214	147	21	189	31.308411	52.5	3	0.333333	52.5	0.25	Sil-Dev	Forey (1987b, fig. 9a)
Osteostraci: Thyestidians(4)	11	213	166	21	166	22.065728	100	2	0.222222	94.75	0	Sil-Dev	Forey (1987b, fig. 9b)
Osteostraci: Thyestidians(5)	9	179	109	21	109	39.106145	100	1	0.142857	100	0	Sil-Dev	Forey (1987b, fig. 10a)
Osteostraci: Thyestidians(6)	6	107	25	19	25	76.635514	100	3	0.75	58.75	0	Sil-Dev	Forey (1987b, fig. 10b)
Anaspida/ Petromyzontida	5	417	149	97	149	64.268585	100	2	0.666667	100	0	Sil-Carb	Arsenault & Janvier (1981, fig. 5)
Gnathostomata(1)	12	2979	732	376	1947	75.427996	0.25	5	0.5	1.25	0.77339	Sil-Dev	Nelson (1969, fig. 25)
Gnathostomata(2)	6	2152	158	52	182	92.657993	48.75	1	0.25	70	0.18461	Dev	Miles (1977, fig. 158a)
Gnathostomata(3)	6	2152	110	52	182	94.888476	16.75	2	0.5	24	0.55385	Dev	Miles (1977, fig. 158b)
Gnathostomata(4)	8	2393	343	253	799	85.666527	1.5	1	0.166667	100	0.83516	Dev	Wiley (1979, fig. 8)
Gnathostomata(5)	6	2139	363	216	417	83.029453	51.75	1	0.25	63	0.26866	Dev	Wiley (1979, fig. 8)
Gnathostomata(6)	6	2152	104	52	182	95.167286	14.25	2	0.5	21.25	0.6	Dev	Rosen et al. (1981, fig. 62)
Gnathostomata(7)	8	2205	125	52	263	94.331066	8	3	0.5	9	0.65403	Ord-Dev	Lauder & Liem (1983, fig. 1)
Gnathostomata(8)	10	2783	609	337	1327	78.11714	1.25	2	0.25	100	0.72525	Ord-Dev	Bemis (1984, fig. 2)
Gnathostomata(9)	10	2254	176	52	305	92.191659	14.5	3	0.375	29.5	0.50988	Ord-Dev	Gardiner (1984b, fig. 147)
Gnathostomata(10)	10	1982	716	466	926	63.874874	23.25	4	0.5	22.75	0.45652	Ord-Dev	Mallatt (1984, fig. 1)
Gnathostomata(11)	10	2335	152	52	318	93.490364	5	4	0.5	4.5	0.62406	Ord-Dev	Schultze (1987, fig. 9)
Gnathostomata(12)	8	2367	162	98	529	93.155894	0.5	4	0.666667	0.75	0.85151	Ord-Dev	McAllister (1987, fig. 80)
Gnathostomata(13)	6	2046	110	46	140	94.623656	70	2	0.5	58	0.31915	Ord-Dev	Schultze (1988, fig. 1)
Gnathostomata(14)	23	4654	1316	358	2841	71.723249	21	12	0.571429	0.5	0.614176	Sil-Jur	Schultze (1990, fig. 7)
Gnathostomata(15)	9	211	79	21	121	62.559242	22.5	2	0.285714	55.75	0.42	Dev	Forey et al. (1991, fig. 5)
Gnathostomata(16)	9	211	79	21	121	62.559242	21.75	2	0.285714	53.5	0.42	Dev	Forey et al. (1991, fig. 5, variant)
Gnathostomata(17)	8	2460	114	46	213	95.365854	38.5	2	0.4	39	0.59281	Dev	Schultze (1994, fig. 2b)
Gnathostomata(18)	8	2460	114	46	213	95.365854	39	2	0.4	39	0.59281	Dev	Schultze (1994, fig. 3c)
Placodermi(1)	8	211	55	31	67	73.933649	41.75	4	0.666667	68.5	0.33333	Dev	Miles and Young (1977, fig. 3)
Placodermi(2)	8	239	67	31	67	71.966527	100	3	0.5	99	0	Dev	Miles and Young (1977, fig. 5)
Placodermi(3)	6	116	42	18	42	63.793103	100	1	0.25	100	0	Dev	Young (1979, fig. 27a)
Placodermi(4)	5	168	24	12	24	85.714286	100	2	0.666667	100	0	Dev	Young (1979, fig. 27b)
Placodermi(5)	8	222	89	31	89	59.90991	100	1	0.166667	100	0	Dev	Young (1979, fig. 27c)
Placodermi(6)	10	244	97	31	97	60.245902	100	2	0.25	100	0	Dev	Gardiner (1984a, fig. 8)
Placodermi(7)	9	245	79	31	79	67.755102	100	2	0.285714	100	0	Dev	Goujet (1984, fig. 1)
Placodermi(8)	9	264	48	18	60	81.818182	60.75	6	0.857143	73	0.28571	Dev	Goujet (1984, fig 12)
Placodermi(9)	5	126	65	31	65	48.412698	100	1	0.333333	92.75	0	Dev	Long (1984, fig. 26a)
Placodermi(10)	5	126	41	31	65	67.460317	8.25	2	0.666667	29.75	0.70588	Dev	Long (1984, fig. 26f)
Placodermi(11)	5	126	43	31	65	65.873016	17.75	2	0.666667	31.25	0.64706	Dev	Long (1984, fig. 27)
Placodermi(12)	7	201	54	18	54	73.134328	100	2	0.4	100	0	Dev	Forey and Gardiner (1986, fig 4a)
Placodermi(13)	7	201	54	18	54	73.134328	100	2	0.4	100	0	Dev	Forey and Gardiner (1986, fig 4b)
Placodermi(14)	7	201	54	18	54	73.134328	100	1	0.2	100	0	Dev	Forey and Gardiner (1986, fig 4c)
Placodermi(15)	6	197	36	12	36	81.725888	100	1	0.25	100	0	Dev	Forey and Gardiner (1986, fig 4e)
Placodermi(16)	10	244	107	31	107	56.147541	100	3	0.375	85.75	0	Dev	Forey and Gardiner (1986, fig. 5)
Placodermi(17)	8	239	67	31	67	71.966527	100	3	0.5	97.75	0	Dev	Young (1986, fig. 18a)
Placodermi(18)	8	232	79	31	79	65.948276	100	1	0.166667	100	0	Dev	Young (1986, fig. 18b)
Placodermi(19)	8	239	67	31	67	71.966527	100	3	0.5	97.75	0	Dev	Young (1986, fig. 18c)
Placodermi(20)	11	316	70	31	165	77.848101	0.75	6	0.666667	3.5	0.70896	Dev	Carr (1995, fig. 4)
Placodermi: Arthrodira(1)	9	144	41	31	173	71.527778	0.25	6	0.857143	0.25	0.92958	Dev	Miles and Dennis (1979, fig. 15)
Placodermi: Arthrodira(2)	11	207	41	31	197	80.193237	1.75	8	0.888889	83.75	0.93976	Dev	Dennis and Miles (1980, fig. 22)
Placodermi: Arthrodira(3)	8	112	39	29	92	65.178571	0.25	3	0.5	30.5	0.84127	Dev	Carr (1991, fig. 19a)
Placodermi: Arthrodira(4)	10	122	47	29	127	61.47541	1.75	3	0.428571	83.75	0.81633	Dev	Carr (1991, fig. 19c)
Placodermi: Arthrodira(5)	16	313	59	31	340	81.15016	100	11	0.785714	100	0.90938	Dev	Gardiner and Miles (1994, fig. 19)
Placodermi: Arthrodira(6)	12	250	53	31	228	78.8	100	7	0.7	100	0.88832	Dev	Gardiner and Miles (1994, fig. 30)
Placodermi: Euarthrodira	7	168	28	22	76	83.333333	5	4	0.8	7.25	0.88889	Dev	Young (1979, fig. 18)
Placodermi: Antiarcha(1)	5	82	27	27	99	67.073171	5.75	3	1	5.75	1	Dev	Young (1984, fig. 2)
Placodermi: Antiarcha(2)	6	98	32	27	76	67.346939	7.5	3	0.75	78.5	0.897959	Dev	Zhu, M. & Janvier, P. (1996, fig. 12)
Acanthodii(1)	8	466	125	46	189	73.175966	30.25	4	0.666667	13.5	0.44755	Sil-Dev	Long (1986, fig. 8b)
Acanthodii(2)	8	376	143	52	262	61.968085	16.5	3	0.5	31.5	0.56667	Sil-Dev	Long (1986, fig. 9)
Chondrichthyes(1)	8	952	510	232	784	46.428571	8	1	0.166667	100	0.49638	Dev-Jur	Maisey (1984a, fig. 1)
Chondrichthyes(2)	4	821	65	37	65	92.082826	100	0	0	100	0	Dev-Carb	Maisey (1986, fig. 6)
Chondr.: Elasmobranchii(1)	7	1024	328	142	328	67.96875	100	0	0	100	0	Dev-Jur	Schaeffer and Williams (1977, fig. 2)
Chondr.: Elasmobranchii(2)	6	987	200	178	342	79.736575	13.75	1	0.25	100	0.86585	Dev-Jur	Schaeffer (1981, fig. 26b)
Chondr.: Elasmobranchii(3)	6	581	214	209	732	63.166954	8	3	0.75	3.5	0.99044	Dev-Jur	Maisey (1984b, fig. 2)
Chondr.: Elasmobranchii(4)	4	744	179	174	445	75.94086	25	1	0.5	48.75	0.98155	Dev-Jur	Maisey (1986, fig. 7)
Chondr.: Carcharinoidea	4	477	111	106	187	76.72956	15.5	1	0.5	49.75	0.93827	Dev-Jur	Maisey (1984b, fig. 3)
Chondr.: Petalodontiformes	4	225	27	27	54	88	21	2	1	21	1	Carb	Lund (1989, fig. 18)
Osteichthyes(1)	6	1248	168	168	292	86.538462	0.25	4	1	0.25	1	Dev-Carb	Lund & Lund (1985, fig. 77a)
Osteichthyes(2)	6	1266	172	168	302	86.413902	2.75	3	0.75	7.5	0.97015	Dev-Carb	Lund & Lund (1985, fig. 77b)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(1)	12	1476	340	123	817	76.96477	0.5	6	0.6	19.5	0.68732	Tri-Cret	Patterson (1976, fig. 19)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(2)	6	809	105	105	389	87.021014	0.25	4	1	0.25	1	Tri-Cret	Patterson and Rosen (1977, fig. 38)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(3)	6	609	513	315	775	15.763547	19.5	2	0.5	19.5	0.56956	Dev-Carb	Patterson (1982, fig. 3B)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(4)	18	1720	531	177	2288	69.127907	0.25	9	0.5625	1.5	0.83231	Tri-Cret	Rosen (1982, fig. 6)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(5)	16	1392	963	333	2769	30.818966	1.75	8	0.571429	4.5	0.74138	Dev-Jur	Lauder and Liem (1983, fig. 6)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(6)	16	1514	1151	315	1950	23.976222	1.75	4	0.285714	20.75	0.48869	Dev-Jur	Gardiner (1984b, fig. 146)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(7)	16	1514	1151	315	1950	23.976222	3.5	4	0.285714	22.5	0.48869	Dev-Jur	Gardiner (1984b, fig. 146)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(8)	11	1029	252	101	338	75.510204	19.25	4	0.444444	48.25	0.36287	Tri-Jur	Olsen (1984, fig. 19)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(9)	5	882	303	181	303	65.646259	100	0	0	100	0	Carb-Jur	Maisey (1986, fig. 10)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(10)	16	952	593	315	1801	37.710084	8.5	9	0.642857	0.5	0.81292	Carb-Jur	Gardiner and Schaeffer (1989, fig. 10)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(11)	13	839	735	315	1961	12.395709	0.5	8	0.727273	0.25	0.74484	Carb-Jur	Gardiner and Schaeffer (1989, fig. 11)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(12)	26	1466	929	315	2952	36.630286	0.25	14	0.583333	0.25	0.76716	Carb-Jur	Gardiner and Schaeffer (1989, fig. 12)
Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii(13)	11	803	271	183	1188	66.251557	0.75	1	0.111111	83.25	0.91244	Perm-Jur	Rieppel (1992, fig. 12)
Actinopterygii: Neopterygii(1)	5	729	213	112	249	70.781893	30.5	2	0.666667	16.75	0.26277	Tri-Jur	Wiley and Schultze (1984, fig. 2)
Actinopterygii: Neopterygii(2)	8	1221	311	219	1088	74.529075	0.5	4	0.666667	3	0.894131	Carb-Cret	Olsen & McCune (1991, fig. 16)
Actinopterygii: Neopterygii(3)	8	1221	311	219	1088	74.529075	1	4	0.666667	2	0.894131	Carb-Cret	Olsen & McCune (1991, fig. 17A)
Actinopterygii: Chondrostei	11	852	479	202	668	43.779343	17.75	3	0.333333	98.5	0.40558	Carb-Jur	Schaeffer (1973, fig. 14)
Actinopt.: Semionotiformes(1)	7	780	169	101	267	78.333333	9	5	1	1.25	0.59036	Carb-Jur	Olsen and McCune (1991, fig 17A)
Actinopt.: Semionotiformes(2)	7	780	181	101	267	76.794872	19	4	0.8	4.25	0.51807	Carb-Jur	Olsen and McCune (1991, fig. 17B)
Actinopterygii: Amiidae	9	236	189	74	211	19.915254	41	3	0.428571	97	0.160584	Jur-Cret	Chalifa & Tchernov (1982, fig. 14)
Actinopterygii: Teleostei(1)	4	590	25	25	38	95.762712	6.5	2	1	6.5	1	Jur-Cret	Patterson and Rosen (1977, fig. 22)
Actinopterygii: Teleostei(2)	13	1248	388	177	1324	68.910256	0.75	7	0.636364	0.75	0.81604	Jur-Cret	Patterson and Rosen (1977, fig. 54)
Actinopterygii: Teleostei(3)	28	2066	1166	145	1801	43.562439	0.25	15	0.535714	0.25	0.38345	Tri-Cret	Rosen (1982, fig. 5)
Teleostei: Acanthopterygii	11	695	155	33	218	77.697842	14	3	0.333333	46.75	0.34054	Cret-Eoc	Lauder and Liem (1983, fig. 50)
Teleostei: Atherinomorpha	4	211	47	47	121	77.725118	25.25	2	1	18.25	1	Cret-Eoc	Lauder and Liem (1983, fig. 47)
Teleostei: Beloniformes	5	168	67	40	82	60.119048	61.5	1	0.333333	100	0.35714	Eoc-Olig	Boughton et al. (1991, fig. 1)
Teleostei: Caproidae	4	263	125	47	125	52.471483	100	0	0	100	0	Eoc-Olig	Zehren (1987, fig. 1)
Teleostei: Clupeomorpha	4	373	111	111	211	70.241287	8.5	2	1	8.5	1	Cret-Eoc	Grande (1985, fig. 1a)
Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes	4	121	94	50	119	22.31405	50.25	1	0.5	50.25	0.36232	Paleoc-Eoc	Parenti (1981, fig. 9)
Teleostei: Elopomorpha	7	454	124	62	198	72.687225	15	4	0.8	9	0.54412	Cret-Eoc	Lauder and Liem (1983, fig. 24)
Teleostei: Euteleostei(1)	7	629	214	82	295	65.977742	27.75	2	0.4	43	0.38028	Cret-Paleoc	Lauder and Liem (1983, fig. 28)
Teleostei: Euteleostei(2)	12	925	503	136	827	45.621622	24	4	0.4	63.75	0.46889	Cret-Paleoc	Schaeffer and Lauder (1986, fig. 1)
Teleostei: Osmeridae	8	16	248	60	408	-1450	52	2	0.333333	61	0.45977	Paleoc-Rec	Wilson & Williams (1991, fig. 12)
Teleostei: Ostariophysi(1)	5	320	221	136	410	30.9375	23.5	1	0.333333	59	0.68978	Cret-Paleoc	Fink and Fink (1981, fig. 1)
Teleostei: Ostariophysi(2)	5	427	261	136	303	38.875878	39.5	1	0.333333	64	0.2515	Cret-Paleoc	Lauder and Liem (1983, fig. 30)
Teleostei: Osteoglossidae(1)	11	102	193	97	510	-89.215686	15	7	0.777778	7	0.767554	Cret-Rec	Li & Wilson (1996, fig. 7)
Teleostei: Osteoglossidae(2)	18	188	440	97	982	-134.04255	3.5	10	0.625	5	0.612429	Cret-Rec	Li et al. (1997, fig. 9)
Teleostei: Paracanthopterygii	11	714	570	154	1269	20.168067	13	3	0.333333	8.5	0.626906	Cret-Rec	Grande (1988, fig. 7)
Teleostei: Pimelodidae	6	42	38	16	54	9.52381	37.5	2	0.5	90.5	0.421053	Mioc-Rec	Lundberg et al. (1988, fig. 4)
Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes	7	330	56	33	62	83.030303	29	3	0.6	19.5	0.2069	Paleoc-Eoc	Lauder and Liem (1983, fig. 63)
Teleostei: Salmoniformes(1)	5	277	115	73	138	58.483755	41.25	1	0.333333	60	0.35385	Paleoc-Eoc	Rosen (1974, fig. 38)
Teleostei: Salmoniformes(2)	5	277	73	73	138	73.646209	2.25	3	1	2.25	1	Paleoc-Eoc	Rosen (1974, fig. 39)
Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes	4	112	88	40	88	21.428571	100	0	0	100	0	Eoc-Olig	Lauder and Liem (1983, fig. 52)
Sarcopterygii(1)	4	1303	70	31	70	94.627782	100	0	0	100	0	Dev	Rosen et al. (1981, fig. 4C)
Sarcopterygii(2)	4	1303	70	31	70	94.627782	100	0	0	100	0	Dev	Rosen et al. (1981, fig. 4D)
Sarcopterygii(3)	7	1431	87	56	222	93.920335	15	2	0.4	39.5	0.81325	Dev	Long (1985, fig. 14a)
Sarcopterygii(4)	6	1328	40	19	50	96.987952	36	1	0.25	100	0.32258	Dev	Maisey (1986, fig. 14)
Sarcopterygii(5)	7	1651	112	46	187	93.216233	16	1	0.2	65	0.53192	Dev	Forey (1987a, fig. 2)
Sarcopterygii(6)	6	1357	73	29	73	94.620486	100	0	0	100	0	Dev	Ahlberg (1989, fig. 16a)
Sarcopterygii(7)	6	1357	73	29	73	94.620486	100	0	0	100	0	Dev	Ahlberg (1989, fig. 16b)
Sarcopterygii(8)	9	1787	85	46	239	95.243425	1.75	4	0.571429	23	0.79793	Dev	Gee (1990, fig. 1)
Sarcopterygii(9)	10	1414	176	98	247	87.553041	17	3	0.375	71	0.47651	Dev	Ahlberg (1991, fig. 14)
Sarcopterygii(10)	8	1406	88	31	149	93.74111	23.25	3	0.5	12	0.51695	Dev	Ahlberg (1991, fig. 15a)
Sarcopterygii(11)	7	1337	82	31	116	93.866866	39.75	2	0.4	55.5	0.4	Dev	Ahlberg (1991, fig. 15b)
Sarcopterygii(12)	9	1667	115	46	244	93.10138	15.75	3	0.428571	26	0.65151	Dev	Chang (1991, fig. 35)
Sarcopterygii(13)	9	1688	139	46	244	91.765403	16.75	3	0.428571	41.75	0.5303	Dev	Forey et al. (1991, fig. 5)
Sarcopterygii(14)	9	1688	139	46	244	91.765403	14.5	2	0.285714	56.5	0.5303	Dev	Forey et al. (1991, fig. 5, variant 1)
Sarcopterygii(15)	9	1688	112	46	244	93.364929	9.25	4	0.571429	33.5	0.66667	Dev	Forey et al. (1991, fig. 5, variant 2)
Sarcopterygii(16)	6	1248	168	168	292	86.538462	1.5	4	1	1.5	1	Dev-Carb	Lund & Lund (1985, fig. 77a)
Sarcopterygii(17)	6	1266	172	168	302	86.413902	1.5	3	0.75	4.75	0.97015	Dev-Carb	Lund & Lund (1985, fig. 77b)
Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi(1)	10	829	406	325	797	51.025332	0.25	5	0.625	3.75	0.82839	Dev-Carb	Miles (1977, fig. 157)
Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi(2)	7	468	167	152	177	64.316239	31.75	4	0.8	55.75	0.4	Dev-Carb	Bemis (1984, fig. 6)
Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi(3)	9	594	433	343	875	27.104377	31.75	4	0.571429	96.5	0.83083	Dev-Carb	Bemis (1984, fig. 8)
Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi(4)	7	375	192	164	278	48.8	1.25	4	0.8	2	0.75439	Dev-Carb	Maisey (1986, fig. 12)
Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi(5)	29	695	148	86	626	78.705036	31.75	23	0.851852	96.5	0.88518	Dev-Carb	Campbell and Barwick (1990, fig. 1)
Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi(6)	5	494	24	12	24	95.1417	100	2	0.666667	100	0	Dev	Chang & Smith (1992, fig. 11)
Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi(7)	8	568	34	22	58	94.014085	25.5	4	0.8	39	0.666667	Dev	Yu (1998, fig. 8)
Sarcopterygii: Rhipidistia	6	570	61	47	130	89.298246	3	3	0.75	5.5	0.83132	Dev	Vorobyeva and Schultze (1991, fig. 39)
Sarcopt.: Tristichopteridae	7	49	14	14	54	71.428571	0.5	5	1	0.5	1	Dev	Ahlberg & Johanson (1997, fig. 16)
Sarcopterygii: tetrapods(1)	7	149	113	113	187	24.161074	0.75	5	1	0.75	1	Dev	Lebedev & Coates (1995, fig. 19b)
Sarcopterygii: tetrapods(2)	7	406	32	32	82	92.118227	0.25	5	1	0.75	1	Dev	Ahlberg (1995, fig. 4)
Sarcopterygii: tetrapods(3)	11	905	37	37	275	95.911602	0.25	9	1	0.75	1	Dev-Carb	Ahlberg & Milner (1994, fig. 3)

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