†suborder Yunnanolepidoidei (armour-plated fish)
Synonym: Yunnanolepida
Parent taxon: Antiarchiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Long 2011
Sister taxa: Grossaspis, Jiangxilepis, Lepadolepis, Liujiangolepis, Macrodontophion, Microbrachius, Phymolepis, Pterichthyodid, Silurolepidae, Xichonolepis, Yunnanolepiformes, Zhanjilepis, Hyrcanaspis, Minicrania, Jiangxilepididae, Walterilepis, Bothriolepoidei
Subtaxa: Chuchinolepidae Chuchinolepididae Euantiarcha Vanchienolepis Yunnanolepididae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore