Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Perleididae
Parent taxon: Perleidiformes according to Z. W. Yuan et al. 2022
See also Beltan 1968, Beltan 1972, Bürgin and Herzog 2002, Gardiner 1966, Herzog 2001, Nelson et al. 2016, Schaeffer and Mangus 1976, Sun et al. 2013, Sytchevskaya 1999, Tintori et al. 2016 and Tong et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Anatoia, Boreichthys, Caminchaia, Cenechoia, Cephaloxenidae, Chrotichthys, Cleiothrolepididae, Cleithrolepidae, Colobodontidae, Crenolepis, Daninia, Dollopterus, Echentaia, Fuyuanperleididae, Gabanellidae, Habroichthyidae, Manlietta, Mendocinichthys, Pasambaya, Platysiagidae, Polzbergiidae, Saurichthyes, Tripelta, Zeuchthiscus
Subtaxa: Aetheodontus Alvinia Diandongperleidus Dipteronotus Endennia Eoperleidus Luopingperleidus Megaperleidus Meidiichthys Mendocinia Meridensia Paraperleidus Perleidus Plesioperleidus Teffichthys
Ecology: grazer-detritivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Angola (6 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (13), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Greenland (2), Italy (13), Kyrgyzstan (1), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (5), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), Spain (7), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (7), Switzerland (13), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Arizona)
Total: 79 collections including 97 occurrences