Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Parent taxon: Palaeoniscidae according to A. S. Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Alvinichthys, Ambodipia, Apateolepis, Canobius, Carboveles, Cycloptychius, Dicellopyge, Ferganiscus, Ganolepis, Gonatodus, Grygorichthys, Guizhouniscus, Gyrolepis, Holurus, Isodus, Isodus leptognathus, Koinichthys, Myriolepis, Oxygnathus, Palaeoniscum, Palaeoniscus, Paraeurynotus, Rhadinoniscus, Semionotus brodei, Sixtelia, Strepheoschema, Suchonichthys, Tegeolepis, Trachelacanthus, Turfania, Turseodus, Wayaobulepis

Subtaxa: Cryphiolepis striatus

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Type: Coelacanthus striatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Burghlee Ironstone, Loanhead, Midlothian (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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