†suborder Bothriolepidoidei Cope 1886 (armour-plated fish)
Parent taxon: Antiarchiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Lukševičs 2001
Sister taxa: Bothriolepoidei, Yunnanolepidoidei
Subtaxa: Dianolepididae Sinolepidida Tenizolepis Tubalepididae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (4 collections), China (6), Kazakhstan (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences