Family Dictyopygidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Chondrostei - Dictyopygidae
Synonym: Catopteridae Woodward 1890
Parent taxon: Chondrostei according to D. S. Jordan 1963
See also Hay 1902 and Rapp 1946
Sister taxa: Acipenseriformes, Asterodontidae, Cheirolepiformes, Chondrosteiformes, Diphyodontidae, Guidayichthyiformes, Luganoiiformes, Neochallaia, Phanerorhynchiformes, Pholidopleuriformes, Polyodonti, Ptycholepiformes, Saurichthyiformes, Sturii
Subtaxa: Rushlandia
Type: Dictyopyge
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (1: Virginia collection)
• Triassic of United States (2: Pennsylvania)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence