Placodermi - Bothriolepidiformes - Bothriolepididae
Synonym: Bothriolepidae Cope 1886
Parent taxon: Bothriolepidiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Denison 1975, Denison 1978, Lukševičs 2001, Nelson et al. 2016, Thomson and Thomas 2001 and Weems et al. 1981
Sister taxa: Dianolepididae, Microbrachiidae, Tubalepididae
Subtaxa: Bothriolepis Briagalepis Chahuaqingolepis Grossilepis Hillsaspis Houershanaspis Livnolepis Monarolepis Vietnamaspis Wufengshania
Type: Bothriolepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of Ireland (1 collection)
• Devonian of Antarctica (9), Australia (12), Belarus (1), Belgium (2), Canada (2: Nunavut, Quebec), China (11), Colombia (1), Greenland (3), Hong Kong (1), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (4), Latvia (18), Lithuania (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (20), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (14), United States (13: Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia), Venezuela (1), Vietnam (1)
Total: 118 collections including 153 occurrences