Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to G. Arratia 2017
See also Arratia 2013, Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016 and Tintori et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Euteleosteii, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Lampriformes, Leptolepidiformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Ankylophoridae Archaeomaenidae Catervariolidae Eurycormidae Grimmenichthys Ichthyokentemidae Luxembourgichthys Pholidophoridae Pleuropholidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Denmark (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), Mongolia (1), Morocco (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Chile (1), France (7), Germany (9), Italy (3), 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: 98 collections including 146 occurrences