†suborder Yunnanolepidoidei (armour-plated fish)
Placodermi - Yunnanolepidoidei
Synonym: Yunnanolepida
Parent taxon: Antiarchiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Long 2011
Sister taxa: Asterolepidiformes, Bothriolepidiformes, Liujiangolepidae, Macrodontophion, Macropetalichthyiformes, Minicranidae, Phymolepis, Pterichthyodid, Ptyctodontiformes, Silurolepidae, Sinolepiformes, Xichonolepis, Yunnanolepidiformes, Zhanjilepis, Jiangxilepididae, Walterilepis, Hyrcanaspis, Bothriolepoidei
Subtaxa: Chuchinolepidae Euantiarcha Vanchienolepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore