Elpistostegidae

Taxobox
name = "Elpistostegidae"
fossil_range = Late Devonian
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Osteichthyes
ordo = Elpistostegalia
subclassis = Sarcopterygii
superordo = Osteolepidida
familia = Elpistostegidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = * "Elpistostege" Westoll, 1938

Elpistostegidae is a family of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Late Devonian period (about 374 to 385 million years ago). This family was closer to the phylogeny of tetrapods than other lobe-finned fishes.