†suborder Bothriolepoidei (armour-plated fish)
Parent taxon: Antiarchiformes according to J. A. Long 2011
Sister taxa: Asterolepidiformes, Bothriolepidiformes, Liujiangolepidae, Macrodontophion, Macropetalichthyiformes, Minicranidae, Phymolepis, Pterichthyodid, Ptyctodontiformes, Silurolepidae, Sinolepiformes, Xichonolepis, Yunnanolepidiformes, Zhanjilepis, Walterilepis, Hyrcanaspis, Jiangxilepididae, Yunnanolepidoidei
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bothriolepoidei in the database