Fig. 1.

Different definitions of Teleostei represented on a simplified cladogram [4]. a. Total clade Teleostei sensu De Pinna [33]; b. Apomorphy-based clade Teleostei sensu Arratia [15]. Since the cladogram of Near et al. [4] includes only living taxa, †Dorsetichthys bechei, †Pachycormiformes, and †Aspidorhynchiformes have been added manually according to Patterson [9] and Arratia [15]