Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Full reference: H. Aldinger. 1937. Permische ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland. Meddelelser om Grønland 102(3):1-392
Parent taxon: Elonichthyiformes according to A. S. Bakaev et al. 2020
See also Gardiner 1960 and Nelson 2006
Sister taxa: Acrolepidae, Acrolepididae, Eigiliidae, Gonatodidae, Samarichthys, Varialepididae
Subtaxa: Acrolepis addamsi Alilepis Elonichthys Santosichthys
Type: Elonichthys
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection)
• Permian of Australia (1), Brazil (3), the Czech Republic (3), Germany (1), Greenland (2), Lithuania (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (18), South Africa (3), United States (6: Texas), Uruguay (1)
• Namurian of France (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of South Africa (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Belarus (4), Belgium (2), Canada (8: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (47), France (1), Germany (4), Namibia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (86), United States (12: Illinois, New Mexico, Scotland)
• Devonian of Belarus (1), Belgium (1)
Total: 216 collections including 258 occurrences