Osteichthyes - Pholidophoriformes
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Arratia 2013, Arratia 2017, Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016 and Tintori et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Clupeocephala, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Elopomorpha, Euteleosteii, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Leptolepidiformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteoglossomorpha, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Ankylophoridae Archaeomaenidae Catervariolidae Eurycormidae Grimmenichthys Ichthyokentemidae Ligulellidae Luxembourgichthys Oligopleuridae Pholidophoridae Pleuropholidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Denmark (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), Mongolia (1), Morocco (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Chile (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), France (7), Germany (9), Italy (4), Luxembourg (3), the United Kingdom (15)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Australia (2), Austria (11), China (1), Germany (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (14), South Africa (2), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 101 collections including 149 occurrences