†family Phyllolepidae Woodward 1891 (armour-plated fish)
Placodermi - Phyllolepida - Phyllolepidae
Alternative spelling: Phyllolepididae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2
Parent taxon: Phyllolepina according to R. H. Denison 1975
See also Denison 1978, Goujet and Young 1995, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Stensiƶ 1934 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Austrophyllolepis Pentagonolepis Phyllolepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Portishead Bed 10 (Devonian of the United Kingdom)