†family Macropetalichthyidae Eastman 1898 (armour-plated fish)
Placodermi - Petalichthyida - Macropetalichthyidae
Parent taxon: Petalichthyida according to R. H. Denison 1975
See also Denison 1978, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Obruchev 1964
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ellopetalichthys Epipetalichthys Lunaspis Macropetalichthys Notopetalichthys Quasipetalichthys Wijdeaspis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bundenbach - Eschenbach, Germany (Devonian of Germany)