Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes
Alternative spelling: Leptolepiformes
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to G. Arratia 2017
See also Long 2011, Nelson 2006 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Euteleosteii, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Lampriformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Leptolepididae Nephrotus
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Belgium (1), China (18), Croatia (3), Japan (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), France (12), Germany (12), Greece (1), Italy (2), Japan (2), Luxembourg (6), Norway (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: Colorado)
• Triassic of Germany (1), Italy (1)
Total: 80 collections including 96 occurrences