Osteichthyes - Paleonisciformes
Parent taxon: Actinopterygii according to H-P. Schultze et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Aesopichthyidae, Aetheospondyli, Aetheretmon, Aethocephalichthys, Akanolepis, Ameghinichthys, Anapterus, Aneurolepis, Apholiformes, Asarotiformes, Atkinsonella, Australichthys, Avamia, Avonichthys, Baoqingichthys, Beagiascus, Bishofia, Bluefieldius, Bobastraniiformes, Burguklia, Charleuxiidae, Chirothrix, Cuneognathus, Daemodontiscus, Diplospondichthys, Discordichthyidae, Echidnocephalus, Eurekichthyoidei, Eurynotiformes, Eurypoma, Exocoetoides, Fubarichthyiformes, Guntherichthys, Gyrolepidotidae, Holuropsis, Isospondyli, Kalops, Kansasiella, Kutaichthys, Lepidotus pectoralis, Lepidotus trotti, Lineagruan, Mallotus, Meemannia, Meisenheimichthys, Ministrella, Moythomasiidae, Neuburgichthys, Nozamichthys, Ophiopsis lariensis, Opistopteryx, Oxypteriscus, Pachylebias, Palaeoneiros, Palaeonisci, Palaeonisciformes, Palaeoniscimorpha, Palaeoniscoidae, Palaeoniscoidea, Paramblypteriformes, Phanerosteonoidei, Phoebeannaia, Pholidophorus lepturus, Piratata, Polypteri, Protaulopsis, Protospondyli, Raynerius, Rhynchorhinus, Roslerichthys, Schizospondylus, Semionotus brevis, Semionotus dubius, Semionotus inornatus, Sphyragnathus, Spinofacia, Stambergichthys, Stegotrachelus, Tanyrhinichthys, Terenolepis, Tetragonopterus, Trawdenia, Uranichthys, Yaomoshania
Subtaxa: Tanypterichthys
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
• Permian of United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: West Virginia)
• Devonian of United States (1: Montana)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence