†family Bothriolepidae Cope 1886 (armour-plated fish)
Placodermi - Antiarcha - Bothriolepidae
Parent taxon: Antiarchi according to K. S. Thomson and B. Thomas 2001
See also Denison 1978 and Weems et al. 1981
Sister taxa: Grossaspis, Jiangxilepis, Lepadolepis, Liujiangolepis, Macrodontophion, Microbrachius, Phymolepis, Pterichthyodid, Silurolepidae, Taeniolepis, Xichonolepis, Yunnanolepiformes, Zhanjilepis
Subtaxa: Dianolepis Hillsaspis Wudinolepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bothriolepidae in the database