Parent taxon: Actinopteri according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Mickle 2011 and Štamberg 2002
Sister taxa: Amphicentriformes, Anaglyphus, Angatubichthys, Bethesdaichthys, Blourugia, Discordichthyiformes, Docopteri, Dwykiidae, Frederichthys, Inichthyidae, Kenderlichthyidae, Kompasia, Lanarkichthys, Limnomis, Lysopteri, Melanecta, Merospondyli, Mesichthyes, Moythomasia, Nematoptychiidae, Palaeobergiidae, Palaeophoxinus, Paphosisciformes, Phthinobranchii, Plectospondyli, Pseudohaplolepis, Scanilepidiformes, Tarrasiidae, Teleosteomorpha, Westlepis, Woodichthys
Subtaxa: Aeduellidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Czechia (10 collections), France (6), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Carboniferous of Czechia (20), France (3), Spain (2), United States (3: New Mexico, Utah)
Total: 47 collections including 52 occurrences