Placodermi - Actinolepidiformes - 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: Actinolepidiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Denison 1975, Denison 1978, Goujet and Young 1995, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Stensiö 1934 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Actinolepididae, Antarctaspididae, Gavinaspididae, Kujdanowiaspididae, Wuttagoonaspididae
Subtaxa: Austrophyllolepis Cowralepis Pentagonolepis Phyllolepis Placolepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (9), Belgium (1), Greenland (1), Latvia (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Pennsylvania)
Total: 17 collections including 21 occurrences